People who are skeptical of spa treatments often use the mud bath as an example of a ridiculous extravagance that's a waste of time, money, and comfort. But new research has found that this might not be such an absurd practice after all. Humans have used mud and clay since the beginning of time, in the absence of modern medicine, to do everything from enhancing relaxation to staunching bleeding wounds. Now researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) are starting to understand just why this was such a good idea.

Once you find out you have cancer, the first thing you want to do is to get rid of it. That's only natural. Get it the heck out of my body. But is this really the smartest thing to do? In many cases, I don't think so. And now a new study is bearing me out on this.

If you're diabetic, the odds are pretty good that you were told that all you have to do to avoid the various complications of diabetes is to keep your blood sugar in balance. But is that really all you have to do? A new study says no. There's more to treating diabetes than simply controlling blood sugar.