I heard that diamonds could be used to try to cure cancer. Huh?? This sounds like an old wives tale to me....

Yup, that's true! Diamonds have recently been discovered to help treat cancer patients. But not the diamonds that you might wear on your engagement ring or tennis bracelet, but diamond nanoparticles that are so tiny that they can only be seen with extremely powerful magnification. I'm no nano scientist so I can't explain to you in detail how it works, but basically the diamond nanoparticles are embedded within a microfilm device, and connected to chemotherapy drugs on the microscopic level and somehow enable the slow release of drugs into the body for at least one month. The diamond nanoparticles enable highly localized drug release, which could reduce the negative side effects of chemotherapy. Up until now, the methods of injecting chemotherapeutic drugs into cancer patients generally has a 'burst release effect', where a large amount of the drugs were released upon initial administration at toxic levels. Moreover, nano diamonds are apparently quite economical relative to other materials used in medicine. The potential of diamonds in medicine is not nearly exhausted, and many universities and research teams around the world are exploring additional ways of putting diamonds to use in medicine including in open heart surgery (to reduce scarring and inflammation and complications ensuing the operation), prosthetic limbs and additional areas. Research is also being done into how the body processes the nano diamonds after they are released. As for your question on whether wearing diamonds can help ward off diseases - the answer is a categorical NO. Wearing a diamond ring has no health benefits whatsoever, except for possibly making you feel glamorous and beautiful and boosting your mood - and no, that has never been scientifically proven...

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