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What kind of pain reliever do you give to the king of the jungle? Veterinarians in Rome recently treated a lion's painful arthritis by injecting 50 tiny gold beads into his muscles.
Arthritis is a disease that causes the joints that connect different bones to stiffen and swell, irritating the surrounding muscles. The gold treatment--which has been used in humans--is a type of acupuncture. In this procedure, needles or other devices are inserted into particular points on the body. Scientists think that acupuncture causes the body to produce chemicals that reduce swelling and pain. ...