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Gadgets stealing sleep

Gadget could be stealing our sleep.  What we can do to stop the digital thieves.

A new twist on ankle surgery

A new kind of graft is helping patients who suffer from chronic pain when nothing else works.

Shades of surprise: App helps the colorblind

For just $2.99, a new app may just help colorblind people see what they've been missing.

Many claim Slim Capsule machine increases metabolism, trims inches from waist

By laying their bodies inside a space-age device that heats you up and  makes you sweat, people are claiming to have lost major weight and inches from their

HPV: The new kissing disease

HPV is not just fact for females.  Half of all men may have HPV and not even know it.

Eating away arthritis symptoms

Pain relief can be found in the foods you eat.  What you should and should not eat to find relief.

Tears of joy for diabetics

Researchers are working on a way to use patients' eyes instead of their fingers to measure blood sugar levels.

Showing doctors where it hurts

A new diagnostic tool is helping pinpoint and see the pain for the first time; giving hope to the 60 million people suffering with chronic pain in the US.

Kicking recovery time with a new knee procedure

A new procedure is helping people live pain-free almost instantly.

Brain seeds: Planting tumor fighters

Even if a tumor is removed, up to 40 percent of the time, the cancer cells return.  Now, doctors are using an approach that saves time, and could save lives.

Eye-opening gene: The key to treating blindness?

A new discovery could lead to treatment and could change the future of medicine.

Breast cancer breakthroughs

Doctors are now working on ways to prevent breast cancer and diagnose it long before a lump is found.

Heart attack test: Fast diagnosis with x-ray vision

Researchers are working on a faster way to tell doctors are patients if it is a heart attack or a false alarm.

A toddler's surgical journey

A toddler makes a trip half way around the world for a face-saving surgery. What happened in an operating room could change his life forever.

Snow World: Virtual reality pain chiller

Doctors are studying how throwing snowballs in a virtual world is helping burn victims cope with painful wound treatments.

Fifty year of whispers: Getting James' voice back

A surgery can help bring voices back to people who suffer injuries to their voice boxes.

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