Celebrity bad science: Dried placenta pills and oxygen shots
(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...
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Simple eye scan can reveal extent of Multiple Sclerosis
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
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’
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...
Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse
A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the...
3 steps to selling Gen Y on life insurance
Life insurance is designed to protect a client’s future — a spouse, dependents, a home or business. But how do you approach a client who has...
Mesothelioma Survivor Pleads with Researchers to Find a Cure
Many people will say that when they were told they had mesothelioma it hit them like a bolt of lightning, leaving them shocked and depressed....