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Arsenic in juice to televised stroke scares: 2011's top health stories
Serene Branson scared some television viewers when her speech became garbled during a Grammy Awards broadcast in February. She was later diagnosed with having a migraine
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Some of the top stories from this past year looked at amazing medical procedures, including the marathon separation surgeries of conjoined twins or the groundbreaking operations that gave three Americans new faces. Some stories challenged long-held beliefs, questioning the benefits of seemingly everyday parts of life like circumcision, cellphones, multivitamins, and vaccines.
Others raised provocative questions that angered some people, such as "should morbidly obese kids be placed into foster care?" or "should girls of all ages be allowed to buy the morning-after pill?"
Then some stories, like Serene Branson's televised stroke scare (pictured above), raised eyebrows while also raising awareness.
Here's a look back at some of the top health stories of 2011:
- Marvel creates "Blue Ear" superhero for deaf boy
- Skin cancer self-exam: What to look for (PHOTOS)
- Christina Hendricks: Too Big for Hollywood?
- Sperm gene discovery may lead to male birth control
- Pool access for the disabled causes controversy
- Pizza Hut adds hot dog stuffed crust pizza in U.K.
- Salmonella dog food scare causes recall
- Study links calcium pills to heart attacks
- Time breastfeeding cover sparks debate
- Poisoning risk from mini laundry detergent packs
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- Scientists uncover how epilepsy diet works
- Listeria found in lettuce spurs nationwide recall
- Did Reality Shows Drive Contestants to Suicide?
- Birth control pills more likely to fail than IUDs
- Life-size Barbie's shocking dimensions
