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Celebrity bad science: Dried placenta pills and oxygen shots

YoopyaDec 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Pop guru Simon Cowell carries pocket-sized inhalable oxygen shots, America’s “Mad Men” actress January Jones favors dried placenta pills, and British soap star

Governor signs new law for abortion clinics in Michigan

YoopyaDec 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Michigan’s Republican governor on Friday signed into law new rules for abortion providers that supporters say will protect the health of pregnant women but critics

Young Ugandan orphan treated at L.A. burn center

YoopyaDec 28, 2012April 2, 20230

Adolf Baguma, 11, is able to walk upright for the first time in years, but he still faces months of treatment. Adolf Baguma’s caretakers at

Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money

YoopyaDec 28, 20120

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he’s accused of:

Simple eye scan can reveal extent of Multiple Sclerosis

YoopyaDec 28, 2012May 31, 20230

A simple eye test may offer a fast and easy way to monitor patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), medical experts say in the journal Neurology.

Drug shortages negatively affect outcomes for children, according to study

YoopyaDec 28, 20120

It is no surprise that current drug shortages are negatively affecting the medical outcomes for patients. When most people think about the impacts of drug

Cannabis can make patients ‘less bothered by pain’

YoopyaDec 22, 2012April 3, 20240

Cannabis makes pain more bearable rather than actually reducing it, a study from the University of Oxford suggests. Using brain imaging, researchers found that the