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  • Wednesday, May 16 2012 6:20 PM EDT2012-05-16 22:20:30 GMT
    One in 10 adults suffers from some type of depression. Medications and psychotherapy are common treatments, but for many, they just don't work. Now, a treatment considered barbaric decades ago is making a big comeback.
    One in 10 adults suffers from some type of depression. Medications and psychotherapy are common treatments, but for many, they just don't work. Now, a treatment considered barbaric decades ago is making a big comeback.
  • Tuesday, May 15 2012 6:20 PM EDT2012-05-15 22:20:30 GMT
    Multiple Sclerosis attacks when people are in the prime of their lives. It slowly robs them of control of their muscles and control of their lives. It's an autoimmune disease that targets the brain and nervous system.
    Multiple Sclerosis attacks when people are in the prime of their lives. It slowly robs them of control of their muscles and control of their lives. It's an autoimmune disease that targets the brain and nervous system.
  • Monday, May 14 2012 6:20 PM EDT2012-05-14 22:20:32 GMT
    There have been more than 1,000 reported cases of energy drink overdoses and adverse reactions. Still, they're flying off store shelves.
    In the last four years alone, ER visits associated with non-alcoholic energy drinks increased by about 12,000. There have been more than 1,000 reported cases of energy drink overdoses and adverse reactions. Still, they're flying off store shelves.
  • Friday, May 11 2012 6:20 PM EDT2012-05-11 22:20:53 GMT
    Do you hate going to the dentist? You're not alone. Fifty percent of all Americans say they dread going. The biggest reason is painful injections, but there's a new device that's giving patients good vibrations.
    Do you hate going to the dentist? You're not alone. Fifty percent of all Americans say they dread going. The biggest reason is painful injections, but there's a new device that's giving patients good vibrations.
  • Thursday, May 10 2012 6:20 PM EDT2012-05-10 22:20:47 GMT
    They help many of us see, but no one can see them. Millions of Americans wear contact lenses. Now, a few recent studies show almost all of those people are putting their eyes in danger.
    They help many of us see, but no one can see them. Millions of Americans wear contact lenses. Now, a few recent studies show almost all of those people are putting their eyes in danger.
  • Wednesday, May 9 2012 6:20 PM EDT2012-05-09 22:20:31 GMT
    Conquering breast cancer is not an easy feat. Once it's beaten, there's always a chance it could come back. Now doctors are working on a new way to help breast cancer survivors win the fight once and for all.
    Conquering breast cancer is not an easy feat. Once it's beaten, there's always a chance it could come back. Now doctors are working on a new way to help breast cancer survivors win the fight once and for all.
  • Tuesday, May 8 2012 6:20 PM EDT2012-05-08 22:20:28 GMT
    Removing a chunk of the brain is the traditional way to cure certain kinds of epilepsy, but the complications can be worse than the seizures. Now there's a new high-tech, low-risk way to erase epilepsy.
    Peeling back the scalp, cutting the skull and removing a chunk of the brain. It's the traditional way to cure certain kinds of epilepsy, but the complications can be worse than the seizures. Now there's a new high-tech and low-risk way to erase epilepsy.
  • May 07, 2012 05:20 PM CDT2012-05-08 12:53:35 GMT
    An electronic exoskeleton is helping paraplegics do something that might just amaze you.
    An electronic exoskeleton is helping paraplegics do something that might just amaze you.
  • May 04, 2012 05:20 PM CDT2012-05-08 12:53:23 GMT
    It kills more people than any other disease in the U.S. Now new technology is helping doctors keep better tabs on heart disease.
    It kills more people than any other disease in the U.S. Now new technology is helping doctors keep better tabs on heart disease.
  • Thursday, May 3 2012 6:21 PM EDT2012-05-03 22:21:05 GMT
    HPV is the most common sexually-transmitted virus in the U.S., but what many don't know is HPV can also cause a serious respiratory disease. Now, curing this lung problem could be the first step to curing HPV.
    HPV is the most common sexually-transmitted virus in the U.S., but what many don't know is HPV can also cause a serious respiratory disease. Now, curing this lung problem could be the first step to curing HPV.
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