/oss/taxonomy/term/484/all en /oss/article/controversial-science-news-science-science-everywhere-you-asked/can-hazelwood-or-amber-necklaces-help-pain-babies-teething <p style="text-align:justify">Why are some mothers buying hazelwood or amber necklaces for their babies? It isn’t a new-fangled fashion statement. It’s actually old fashioned nonsense. These necklaces are being promoted as the answer to baby’s teething problems. Put the necklace on and baby sleeps better, doesn’t drool and there’s no whining from teething pain. What rationale is provided by the people selling these necklaces? Hazelwood, they say, has the medicinal property of neutralizing the body’s acidity.</p> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:10:58 +0000 Joe Schwarcz 1664 at /oss