/oss/taxonomy/term/2626/all en /oss/article/health-you-asked/can-copper-bracelets-help-arthritis <p>Diseases, such as arthritis, which have no known cure often drive sufferers to what orthodox science might call "questionable treatments." The wearing of copper bracelets to ease the symptoms of arthritis is a case in point. This practice does indeed sound nonsensical; after all, how could wearing a bracelet affect the inner workings of the body? Well, perhaps if some of the copper dissolved in sweat and was absorbed into the body, one could make a case, albeit probably a feeble one. But does copper dissolve in this fashion?</p> Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:52:21 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1796 at /oss