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Some plants may not be good for you

Naturopathic Doctor News & Review January 16, 2020
Research published in 2019 by Valerie Palmer, Desire Tshala-Katumbay and Peter Spencer about a growing risk of neurotoxic plants in light of a changing climate.

Prices of MS medications keep soaring

U.S. News & World Report January 15, 2020
A study led by Dan Hartung, Pharm.D., M.P.H., and Dennis Bourdette, M.D., reveals that the introduction of a generic drug barely constrained prices of the most commonly prescribed medication for multiple sclerosis.

Oregon doctor proposes new definition for old condition

OPB January 15, 2020
In a story about a newly proposed definition of the phenomena of extreme social isolation known as hikikomori, Alan Teo, M.D., says: “These are shared problems, whether it’s an 80-year-old Portlander who’s a meals-on-wheels recipient living by herself or an 18-year-old with hikikomori in Japan.”
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