If quitting smoking is one of your New Year’s resolutions, having a coach will improve your odds of success. A new study found that smokers who work with a counselor specially trained to help them quit are three times more likely to kick the habit than those who only use medications or nicotine patches or gum. Source Link
A new study claims the most common form of knee surgery may be no better than physical therapy for most people. Researchers found similar outcomes after conducting fake surgeries to repair a torn cartilage in the knee. The exceptions were when surgery was done on a younger person or someone who suffered an acute sports injury. Source Link
The cure for stagefright might be getting more excited rather than trying to calm down. Researchers say test subjects performed better by telling themselves they were excited rather than trying to talk themselves into calming down before a speech. The difference is that being excited focuses on the positive instead of worrying about what could go wrong. Source Link
