Health
From migrant worker to neurosurgeon
Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa grew up in an impoverished Mexican village and illegally hopped the fence into California. A teaching assistant once told him, "You can't be from Mexico. You're too smart to be from Mexico."
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5 questions on egg freezing
We all know about the importance of contraception in preventing unwanted pregnancy -- in 2013 more women are aware of their reproductive options than ever before.
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Tenn. pharmacy recalls steroid injections; 7 get abscesses
A Tennessee compounding pharmacy on probation has voluntarily recalled an anti-inflammatory steroid injection in at least 11 states after seven patients developed abscesses in North Carolina and Illinois, officials said Friday.
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Food was 'only relationship that mattered'
The letter Jacki Monaco wrote was fraught with emotion. "Dear food," it began. "You have been my dearest friend and my most painful enemy."
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Does Brad Pitt suffer from face blindness?
It seems that anytime Brad Pitt speaks, the world stops to listen, and his latest interview with Esquire has been no exception.
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Stress may cause your cravings
What do drug addicts, serial dieters and children from troubled homes have in common? More than you might think.
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Experts: 'Minor errors' in stem cell study
Researchers managed to create embryonic stem cells through cloning, a breakthrough in the field that was announced May 15 in the journal Cell. That study is now being called into question -- but not necessarily on scientific grounds.
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Okla. nurses save mom in labor
Four nurses stayed with a mother in labor while a tornado ripped the hospital walls off. CNN's Brian Todd reports.
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What the human heart can do
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Quick thinking saves patients
Inside Moore Medical Center's emergency room, Dr. Stephanie Barnhart had been monitoring the weather all afternoon. A tornado watch was in effect, but that was almost commonplace for this time of year in Oklahoma.
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Sometimes, you just have to lose control
On a training trip to Florida, Fit Nation member Tabitha McMahon realized that she feared giving up control.
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Mom dies, gives birth, then is revived -- and they're both fine
Three-month-old Elayna Nigrelli has redefined what it means to be a miracle baby. She was born while her mother was technically dead.
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Video game aims to help young cancer patients
In the battle against cancer, one video game is taking the deadly disease head-on. And some young patients are the winners.
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