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Somewhere between the cool, sterile lab and the spirit of the witch doctor or the faith healer lies today's doctor—yes, and then there is the money, the hours, on-call, training and all that. Penicillin for strep throat and morphine for the dying cancer patient and sometimes hearing the heartbreaks of life.



While traditionally treated with blood-thinning medicines to decrease the blood's ability to clot, German pharma firm Bayer is trialling a new type of drug, called anti-alpha 2 antiplasmin antibody, which can dissolve clots.

Private centres, however, polkadot mushroom chocolate bar had higher limits than the NHS clinics - forcing many larger women to foot more expensive bills for their fertility treatment. Some 44 per cent of women of child-bearing age in the UK are obese, with a BMI of 30 or above.