Lauren's Medical Moment
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One in four people are living with knee pain. But now something inside your own fat may hold the key to relieving your pain.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 5:35 PM EDT
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One family didn’t even know they carried a problematic gene until an ultrasound revealed it in their unborn baby.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 5:41 PM EDT
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Every year, more than 200,000 Americans undergo surgery to help them drastically reduce their weight.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 5:57 PM EDT
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Does more Vitamin D lower your risk for severe COVID?
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 8:02 PM EDT
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If you have post-surgical bleeding, you may be at a higher risk of dying from complications.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 5:38 PM EDT
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When a nurse noticed she was spending hours away from patients looking for the right tools, she took matters into her own hands.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 5:34 PM EDT
Coming up in today’s Medical Moment, what you need to know about the loss of smell and taste when it comes to COVID.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 5:36 PM EDT
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When it comes to your blood pressure, what you eat matters.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 5:36 PM EDT
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For people with ankle arthritis, every step can be a struggle. When medication and bracing don’t work, patients may look into surgical options.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 5:33 PM EDT
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The uncertainty of the pandemic, job loss, isolation, all of these are contributing to the increase of people feeling depressed, lonely, and mentally unstable.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 5:32 PM EDT
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Hipec, or hot chemo, is a life-saving option for some patients, but in others, doctors have to stop surgery because of complications.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 5:37 PM EDT
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Doctors have found a way to treat pain without relying on narcotics.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 5:36 PM EDT
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Millions of Americans struggle with acid reflux, but could chronic use of one treatment by cancer patients cause unintended side effects?
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 5:39 PM EDT
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See how this researcher is saving money and lives with a new catheter technique in today’s Medical Moment.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 5:37 PM EDT
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A team of researchers is looking into why COVID spares many kids to find a treatment for the disease.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 5:33 PM EDT
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With the spike in coronavirus cases and flu season starting, experts say we’re heading into a difficult fall and winter. But what supplies do you need to prepare?
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 5:46 PM EDT
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Doctors can now remove just a portion of the knee and still offer patients relief.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 5:37 PM EDT
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In today’s Medical Moment, a new study on long-term stress and your future baby’s brain.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 5:34 PM EDT
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As we age, it’s an important question to ask: How healthy is my heart?
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 5:39 PM EDT
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The making of a more accurate COVID-19 antibody test, next in today’s Medical Moment.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 5:38 PM EDT
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Nineteen years after 9/11, a new study on the debris from Ground Zero may shed light on first responders and chronic illness.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 5:37 PM EDT
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For thousands who survived a ventilator, their battle is just beginning.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 5:39 PM EDT
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Martie Salt is introducing us to the first young man in the country who is being treated with a life-saving drug, which was at first, only for adults.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 5:39 PM EDT
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This is the next generation of artificial limbs—restoring the sense of touch to limbs that no longer exist.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 5:39 PM EDT
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If you’re diagnosed with cancer during COVID, is it safe to get treatment?
Updated: Sep. 11, 2020 at 5:37 PM EDT
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Learn the subtle signs of heart failure that you might be missing.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 5:42 PM EDT
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Researchers are giving us an inside look at the possibly dangerous consequences of not doing so.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2020 at 5:41 PM EDT
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Each year, more than 795,000 Americans have a stroke, and about 140,000 die.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 5:33 PM EDT
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Coming up next in today’s Medical Moment, meet the woman who’s looking to help keep your voice in tune.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 5:40 PM EDT
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See how COVID-19 is changing the way people in rural areas get healthcare, next in the Medical Moment.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 5:40 PM EDT
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It’s a disease that affects thousands of people every year and in an instant, your life can change.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 5:37 PM EDT
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Can a cough drop be the latest tool in the fight against COVID-19?
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 11:42 AM EDT
Medical Moment: Cough drops and COVID-19
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 5:40 PM EDT
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As if the coronavirus crisis isn’t tough enough, the psychological toll of the pandemic is just as bad.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 11:42 AM EDT
Medical Moment: Battling depression during the pandemic
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 5:48 PM EDT
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The sickest COVID patients sometimes need to rely on ventilation to breathe. For those on the frontline, caring for a patient can be risky.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 11:40 AM EDT
Medical Moment: New piece of equipment helps protect caregivers
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 5:39 PM EDT
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As the coronavirus weakens patients’ immune systems, secondary illnesses are forcing doctors to increase the use of antibiotics for bacterial infections.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 11:40 AM EDT
Medical Moment: Superbugs and COVID-19
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 5:37 PM EDT
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Researchers have now developed a test where the results are ready within minutes.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 11:42 AM EDT
Medical Moment: New COVID-19 test contains gold particles
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 5:38 PM EDT
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Doctors are dropping newborns’ temperatures to save their lives.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 11:42 AM EDT
Medical Moment: Therapeutic hypothermia
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 5:40 PM EDT
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So, what can you do when you can't stop doing what you're doing?
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 11:42 AM EDT
Medical Moment: How to manage OCD in the pandemic
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 5:36 PM EDT
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Abdominal aortic aneurysms often cause no symptoms, even as they grow in the major blood vessel leading away from the heart.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 11:42 AM EDT
Medical Moment: Abdominal aortic aneurysms
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 5:40 PM EDT
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A new tool developed by researchers is a game changer when it comes to medically treating pregnant women.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 11:42 AM EDT
Medical Moment: Pregnant women and COVID
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 5:39 PM EDT
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Now, techniques used in warzones are being incorporated back here at home, and more lives are being saved.