http://www.drsandrawilson.com Online Office Sun, 08 Jan 2006 02:19:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Exercise may help prevent disability from arthritis, and it doesn't seem to take a whole lot of activity to start reaping that benefit. People with arthritis are often reluctant to exercise because they fear it will make their condition worse. But new research shows that being active actually improves joint function. Experts ... http://www.drsandrawilson.com/index.php/news/2006/01/07/even-light-exercise-may-have-benefits-for-joint-function/ Magnet therapies which are claimed to cure conditions ranging from back pain to cancer have no proven benefits, according to a team of US researchers. Sales of the so-called therapeutic devices, which are worn in bracelets, insoles, and wrist and knee bands, top $1 billion worldwide, they said. But a major review ... http://www.drsandrawilson.com/index.php/news/2006/01/07/magnet-therapies-have-no-effect/ A green tea extract may help patients with a form of leukaemia, a study says. The tea, discovered in China nearly 5,000 years ago, has long been thought to have health benefits. But the team from the Mayo Clinic in the US found it appeared to improve the condition of four patients ... http://www.drsandrawilson.com/index.php/news/2006/01/07/green-tea-may-fight-chronic-lymphocytic-leukaemia/ "Most of us assume that a hospital injection must have medicine in it to do any good, but University of Michigan psychiatrist Jon-Kar Zubieta proved that assumption wrong. He found that if he told patients that an injection contained an experimental painkiller--even though it actually contained nothing but salt water--most ... http://www.drsandrawilson.com/index.php/news/2006/01/07/mystery-painkiller/ Dr. Wilson's office has a new presence online. Today a fresh website was launched. The site is powered by Wordpress, a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform. It is using a modified version of Sebastian Schmieg's Blix theme with icons by Kevin Potts. The forum is powered by Kris Bailey's ... http://www.drsandrawilson.com/index.php/news/2006/01/07/new-website/