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British Medical Journal

As Premature Births Rise, Disability Rates Likely To Increase: Studies

Posted 12.05.2012 | Parents
Read More: Premature Birth Rate, Neil Marlow, Kate Costeloe, Extremely Premature Babies, Disabilities, Pre-Term Births, Disability, Disabilities Caused by Premature Birth, British Medical Journal, Pre-Term Birth and Disabilities, Premature Babies, Parents News

By Kate Kelland LONDON | Tue Dec 4, 2012 6:38pm EST (Reuters) - Little progress has been made in improving the long-term health of extremely p...

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Incredible Pen Still Works After 25 Years In Woman's Stomach

Posted 12.20.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Britain, Video, Woman Swallows Pen, Weird Britain, British Medical Journal, Medicine, Gastroenterologists, Pens, Weird Medicine, Weird News News

Twenty-five years ago, a woman told her husband and general practitioner that she accidentally swallowed a felt-tip pen. They didn't believe her at th...

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Medical Practice and Government Regulation

Bruce A. Barron | Posted 01.08.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Medical-Devices-Safety-Act, British Medical Journal, Evidence-Based Medicine, Adverse Drug Effects, Healthy Living Health News, Evidence and Medicine, Healthy Living News
Bruce A. Barron

This is hard to believe, but the standard for approval of medical devices is safety and effectiveness, which is interpreted to mean a new device is equivalent to a previously-approved device.

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Andrew Wakefield's Vaccination and Autism Study: Allegations of Fraud With Financial Motivations

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Fraud, Investigations, False, Fixed, Hoax, Children, Cedars Sinai, Health, Los Angeles, Andrew Wakefield, Autism Study, British Medical Journal, Vaccinations, Vaccines, Dr. Braunstein, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

I don't know how many different ways the medical community can say this: Childhood vaccinations do not cause autism. As any competent researcher will tell you, the facts speak for themselves.

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Report Linking Vaccine To Autism Was Fraudulent, Says British Medical Journal

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Autism Vaccine Study, Autism, Autism Vaccines, British Medical Journal, Vaccines, Autism Vaccine, Autism Vaccine Link Debunked, Video, Home News

LONDON -- The first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a new repo...

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INTERNATIONAL ART: King Henri IV's Head Identified And Sent Back To Crypt, After Two Centuries

France24 | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Forensic Science, Catholicism, French-History, Religious History, Forensics, Henri IV, King Henri IV, British Medical Journal, French Kings, French Revolution, French Monarchy, Arts News

AFP - He was one of France's most adored kings, a monarch known as "le bon roi Henri" (good king Henri), who promoted religious tolerance, was a hit w...

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Exploring The Research On Homeopathic Treatment For Fibromyalgia

Dana Ullman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Medical Fundamentalists, Skeptics, Fibromyalgia, British Medical Journal, Denialists, Homeopathy, Dana Ullman, Homeopathic Medicine, Evidence-Based Medicine, Arthritis, Rheumatology, Home News
Dana Ullman

The body of scientific evidence showing efficacy of individualized homeopathic treatment in the care of patients with fibromyalgia suggests significant benefits.

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Boo! Is Friday the 13th Really Hazardous to Your Health?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: David Phillips, Safety, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friday the 13th, Bad Luck, Hellenologophobia, Science, Superstition, The Survivors Club, British Medical Journal, Baskerville Effect, Healthy Living News
Ben Sherwood

As many as 21 million Americans will change their behavior today because of superstition. They won't go shopping. They won't fly on planes. And the cost of all this fear is enormous.

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