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Medical Breakthroughs: Virtual vertigo
Experts say it's an under-diagnosed and under-treated problem. Vertigo most often happens when tiny crystals in the inner ear come loose, giving the body a false sense of movement. For people with the condition, simply turning over in bed can throw the body's inner "gyroscope" into a spin. Two new treatments are designed to get people with vertigo, back in balance Video Video
Medical Breakthroughs: New procedure for back pain
Every year, U.S. surgeons perform more than half a million back surgeries to relieve disc-related pain. As many as 30 percent of those patients have recurrent problems. Orthopedic specialists are testing a new procedure that might prevent patients from needing a second surgery. Video Video
Medical Breakthroughs: Curing sickle cell
Sickle Cell Anemia is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States, affecting as many as 80,000 people. Instead of having round-shaped red blood cells, people with the disease have cells that look like half-moons or sickles, causing pain, organ damage, and in severe cases, death. Now, doctors are using a new intervention that may cure more patients. Video Video
Medical Breakthroughs: Delivering stem cells without surgery
Some are calling it the next big frontier in cardiac treatment-injecting stem cells to regenerate the heart. But the experimental procedure means major surgery. Now doctors are opening the door for heart patients who want to test the benefits of stem cells-without an operation. Video Video
Medical Breakthroughs: Surgery to stop sweating
We all break a sweat now and then, but nearly eight million Americans have a problem that makes them sweat so much it's embarrassing. No amount of anti-perspirant or powder can stop it. But there's a surgical procedure that can. Video Video
Medical Breakthroughs: Video guided lung surgery
It ranks as one of the deadliest types of cancer. The five-year survival rate for lung cancer is only 16 percent. For those who catch it early, there's a new, less invasion option to help boost those odds. Video Video
Medical Breakthroughs: Ending pelvic pain
Fifteen percent of women in the U.S. live with chronic pelvic pain. For some, it's so bad they can't move or function normally, yet as man as 70 percent of sufferers never get a definite diagnosis. Three new options are helping pain patients regain control over their lives. Video Video
Medical Breakthroughs: Reverse shoulder repair
Rotator cuff injuries don't just happen to major league baseball players, they send five million people to the doctor every year. The risk of injury increases as we age. There's a new procedure that aims to relieve pain and restore movement by changing the way the shoulder works. Video Video
Medical Breakthroughs: Spinal cord injury camp
As many as 250,000 people are living with the consequences of a spinal cord injury. Many times it leads to permanent paralysis of the arms, legs or both. For many, treatment options are limited, but a controversial therapy program gets patients out of wheelchairs and standing on their own. Video Video
Medical Breakthroughs: Doctors heat up asthma
Fifteen-million Americans have asthma -- narrowing and inflammation of the airways that can be uncomfortable, even fatal in the most serious cases. This fall, the FDA is looking at a new drug-free treatment for patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma … doctors are using heat to open up patients' airways. Video Video



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