Celebrity bad science: Dried placenta pills and oxygen Shots

LONDON, Jan 1: Pop guru Simon Cowell carries pocket-sized inhalable oxygen shots, America’s ‘Mad Men’ actress January Jones favors dried placenta pills, and British soap star Patsy Palmer rubs coffee granules into her skin. Celebrities rarely shy away from public peddling of dubious ideas about health and science, and 2012 was no exception. (agencies)