Shame on the tooth fairy for hoarding centuries' worth of people's teeth! Guess she (or he?) was right on the money all this time. A recent discovery made by Japanese scientists may finally break all ethical obstacles of stem cell research. Instead of cultivating the stem cells from human embryos, the team has found that suitable cells extracted from teeth may be used to develop and grow other types of cells in a laboratory. It's the modern world's wonder cure, baby! Open wiiiiiide.

Are you a man or are you a mouse? The lines blur - scientists have found a way to grow human blood vessels in mice using the closest thing you can get to stem cells without all the ethical hullabaloo, progenitor cells. Story in the full article.

Scientists are always on the lookout for new and safer methods of controlling pain in humans. A  research team from the University of Georgia believe that the common fruit fly may hold the key to creating new pain killers. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

If you thought drinking reptile blood to gain an athletic edge was icky, you may be surprised how much medical value there actually is in the practice. Alligator blood has some pretty awesome infection-fighting abilities, and drugs made from it can even help treat AIDS and organ transplant patients. More details after the jump.

Today, people have a general knowledge on the effects of taking in recreational drugs. Well, in the days when society had no clue, experiments were carried out by curious scientists. We encountered the list of the top five recreational drugs experiment. Check out the list in the full article.

The fact that brain exercise mania has spread to other gaming platforms should be an indication yes, brain fitness games may be developing an industry on its own. But it's not limited to the games industry - even bonafide health companies are jumping into the seemingly lucrative market. More information in the full article.

Both the medical and scientific community, from time to time, had relied on nature to provide us with cures for some of the more serious human diseases.

Like this time, a study has found that a substance on the paradoxical frog's skin is capable of curing Type 2 diabetes patients. Know more after the jump!

With all the research that scientists are conducting on finding a cure or a better form of treatment for cancer, one possible solution may come from a most unlikely source.

In effect, it's a "strategy" similar to the one used against the alien invaders in H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. More on germ warfare after the jump.

More and more hospitals are using the Wii console for the rehabilitation of their patients. The Mercy Fairfield Hospital is now using the gaming system to help patients who are recovering from stroke or who had joint replacements.

Details on how the console is helping patients after the jump.

Since its commercial release, the Wii has served a variety of functions other than what Nintendo had likely envisioned for it. One soldier managed to find evidence of his wife's infidelity thanks to his Wii last month, now we have an occupational therapist by the name of Robbie Winget who is using Nintendo's game machine to help stroke patients recover.

Curious? Find out the therapy details after the jump!