One Big Health Nut

April 25, 2008

7 Astonishing Medical Treatments

Filed under: — Vicki @ 12:11 pm
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  1. Infecting people with malaria has been used to cure various viral infections and has been considered as an option to treat HIV.
  2. Cancer patients that lose their hair when treated with chemotherapy find when their hair grows back, it sometimes grows back as a different color, or texture (i.e. curly, straight)
  3. Ketchup was once used as a medicine in the United States. In the 1830’s it was sold as Dr. Miles Compound Extract of Tomato.
  4. A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries.
  5. Shark cartilage has been used to make artificial skin for human burn victims.
  6. According to Scientists, vampire bat saliva is the best known medicine for keeping blood from clotting
  7. The shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, since its cornea is similar to a human cornea.

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