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• Energy drinks creating an emergency

  January 23, 2013 8:57 PM

  The number of emergency visits to hospitals because of energy drinks is climbing fast; doubling over five years to more than 20,783 visits in 2011. That's according to the Drug Abuse Warning Network and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. These days there's no shortage of options... more »

• Energy drinks creating an emergency

  January 23, 2013 8:38 PM

  In 2011 there were 20,783 emergency hospital visits related to energy drinks across the country. That number has doubled from 2007's amount of 10,068 when they first started tracking the numbers, according to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Friday night in News... more »

• Brain stimulation may help with chronic pain

  August 27, 2012 3:21 PM

  Millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain. Now some doctors are trying brain stimulation to help. Some suffer from a nerve condition called Anesthesia Dolorosa, which basically feels like the constant stinging of bees. Some surgeons are now placing stimulation devices into patients' brains, kind of like those used... more »

• Study finds you can learn while you sleep

  August 27, 2012 3:15 PM

  Reseachers say it's possible to wake up smarter than you were the day before! In a new study from Israel, researchers played a particular tone when adults were sleeping and followed it with either a pleasant or unpleasant smell. The same people reacted to the tone when awake by either... more »

• Researchers find a link between sleep and breast cancer

  August 27, 2012 2:34 PM

  Is it possible a lack of sleep can lead to more aggressive breast cancers? That's what researchers say after studying over 400 breast cancer patients. The study shows insufficient sleep may raise the risk of recurrence in older women. Women who averaged less than six hours of sleep a... more »

• Your Healthy Family: Performance Pressure Play Video

  August 9, 2012 7:46 AM

  It's easy to see the pressure to perform well placed on the Olympic athletes, so how do they deal with it? Here's more in today's Your Healthy Family. Whether it's in the pool or on the pommel horse, one expert says what you think or don't think can... more »

• Your Healthy Family: A Cure for Blindness?

  August 8, 2012 12:26 PM

  Researchers are closer to finding a way to restore sight for patients blinded by certain types of macular degeneration. Here's more in today's Your Healthy Family. Research shows injection therapy may hold more promise than previously thought. In a typical eye exam doctors look for changes in the eyes,... more »

• Your Healthy Family: Weight Loss and Organ Transplants Play Video

  August 7, 2012 1:06 PM

  An overweight man was told he couldn't get a kidney transplant because he tipped the scales at 300 pounds. He had to lose weight to save his life. Here's more in today's Your Healthy Family. Eventually, doctors in Cincinnati came up with a radical solution. They performed weight... more »

• Your Healthy Family: West Nile Virus Play Video

  August 6, 2012 12:39 PM

  Last week, an elderly woman became California's first casualty of the West Nile virus, and several others have died in states like Texas and Arizona. Here's more in today's Your Healthy Family. It's those pesky mosquitoes that carry West Nile, so how can you protect yourself and your family?... more »

• Your Healthy Family: Breast Milk Benefits Play Video

  August 2, 2012 12:04 PM

  It's World Breastfeeding Month Celebration, so health professionals are pushing the benefits of breast milk for your baby. Here's more in today's Your Healthy Family. Colorado has been ranked number one for breastfeeding babies during their first six months. "The longer you breastfeed, the longer those benefits are going to... more »

• Your Healthy Family: Evolastin

  August 1, 2012 7:05 PM

  Anti-aging technology constantly develops. Here's more on a new technique in today's Your Healthy Family. Among the newest technology is a procedure to make patients look about ten years younger without surgery. Joy Macaluso, 56, has always taken good care of her skin. She stays out of the sun... more »

• Your Healthy Family: Lynch Syndrome Play Video

  July 31, 2012 6:28 PM

  For many people, their future health is literally written in their genes. Here's more on important testing in Your Healthy Family. Genetic testing helps unravel a family mystery for one woman, and it may even save the lives of her children. Jill Chang always knew cancer might be... more »

• Your Healthy Family: Bariatric Surgery in Teens

  June 20, 2012 12:27 PM

  The obesity epidemic is a growing problem in both children and adults. We have more about it in today's Your Healthy Family. Weight loss surgery for teens is becoming more common, but how young is too young for bariatric surgery? Amanda Rodriguez weighed almost 300 pounds so she had gastric... more »