Oct 5, 2012

Paraplegics Walk With Exoskeleton Technology

Paraplegics Walk With Exoskeleton Technology

Argo Technologies, an Israeli firm opening its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, introduces a new technology that allows paraplegics to stand and walk on their own. Theresa Hannigan, who was stricken by an...

Oct 4, 2012

Spare Parts Make a New Hand

Spare Parts Make a New Hand

A hand surgeon and a foot-ankle specialist teamed up to rebuild a man's hand that was injured due to a terrible industrial accident. The two doctors rebuilt the hand using the patient's bones, nerves and...

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Oct 4, 2012

Patients Warned over Drugs Linked to Deadly Meningitis

Patients Warned over Drugs Linked to Deadly Meningitis

As the outbreak of a rare form of fungal meningitis widened Thursday and claimed more lives, health officials ratcheted up their warnings to patients over drugs sold by the specialty pharmacy to which...

Oct 5, 2012

Tanning Beds Ups Skin Cancer Risk by 69%

Tanning Beds Ups Skin Cancer Risk by 69%

Dr. Bruce Hensel reports on a new study shows that young people who use tanning beds have 69% increased risk of developing skin cancer.

Oct 5, 2012

Preventing Miscarriages and Stillbirths

Preventing Miscarriages and Stillbirths

Dr. Bruce Hensel looks at a new study.

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Oct 4, 2012

FDA Says Teva Antidepressant is Ineffective

FDA Says Teva Antidepressant is Ineffective

Teva Pharmaceuticals has stopped shipping its generic version of a popular antidepressant after a federal analysis showed the pill does not work properly.

Oct 5, 2012

What Everyone Should Know About Suicide

What Everyone Should Know About Suicide

Suicide has overtaken traffic deaths as the nation's leading cause of injury-related death. Dr. Joshua Weiner discusses ways to help prevent suicide.

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Oct 4, 2012

Meningitis Outbreak Has Steroid Link

Meningitis Outbreak Has Steroid Link

Tennessee and federal health experts are investigating an outbreak of meningitis that infected 14 people who received steroid injections, killing two of them, the state's chief medical officer said Tuesday.

Oct 5, 2012

Dermatologists Vs. Spas

Dermatologists Vs. Spas

Dr. Cheryl Burgess explains which procedures you can have done at spas -- and which you should probably leave to the doctors.

Oct 4, 2012

Clinic Develops Improved Artificial Heart

Clinic Develops Improved Artificial Heart

One Cleveland clinic is helping to develop a new, much improved artificial heart.

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BP Agent Drowns at Hawaii Waterfall

BP Agent Drowns at Hawaii Waterfall

An El Centro-based U.S. Border Patrol agent drowned at a well-known waterfall on Hawaii.

Volunteers Ready to Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims

Volunteers Ready to Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims

San Diego Fire-Rescue teams spent the morning Tuesday packing, ready to jump into action if needed by Oklahoma tornado victims.

Medical Workers Strike, UCSD Cancels Surgeries

Medical Workers Strike, UCSD Cancels Surgeries

About 13,000 union workers at five University of California medical centers, including the one in San Diego, began a two-day strike Tuesday.

NFL Decides Which City Will Host Super Bowl L

NFL Decides Which City Will Host Super Bowl L

The NFL is poised to declare on Tuesday what city will host the the 50th Super Bowl in 2016 years: Santa Clara or Miami.

Teen Shot Multiple Times Outside Bakery

Teen Shot Multiple Times Outside Bakery

National City police are investigating the shooting of a teenager outside a bakery on E. 18th Street.

Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against BP Agent

Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against BP Agent

The family of a 32-year-old woman shot and killed by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Chula Vista has filed a wrongful death suit.

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