High school football practice gets underway in August all over the country. About one million students will suit up this fall. Now a new study from Columbus Children’s Hospital shows that by the time the season is over, there will be a half million injuries.
For a variety of reasons, some new moms are picking the day and time of their baby’s arrival by scheduling a C-section. Some doctors are urging women to be cautious about doing Mother Nature’s job for her.
Researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center have unveiled a new device that can control the pain of migraine headaches with no drugs, no injections, and no side effects. In fact this device is as easy as touching a button.
Soda, cookies, candy - there are a lot of treats to tempt kids. A recent study shows the number of cavities in baby teeth is up considerably - the worst it's been in 40 years. A pediatric dentist explains what’s behind this troubling trend.
Scientists may have just taken an important step in the fight against muscular dystrophy. According to the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center have isolated a protein that could play a major role in crippling MD patients. It is a finding that could someday lead to new ways to treat some forms of MD, and offer new hope for the one million Americans who have it.
About every hour of every day – someone suffers a spinal cord injury that can leave them paralyzed for life. An innovative device from the Christopher Reeve Foundation is helping some patients get out of their wheelchairs and back on their feet.
What would sleepovers & summer camp be without bunk beds? Maybe a little safer. A new study finds a surprising number of injuries for people ages 1-21.
A new dance craze is sweeping the U.S. This fall at least five networks will run shows about dancing, & tens of millions of us will watch. Dancing has become so popular that itâs not only inspiring new shows but a whole new area of medicine.
Many of us love to spend a cold winter night soaking in a nice, hot whirlpool. But if your not careful, that hour you spend relaxing could haunt you for weeks to come. Doctors say they are treating a new rash of people who are allergic to hot tubs.
It’s estimated that more than a half million kids in the U.S. go to the hospital each year with a concussion. Some concussions are worse than others but it might surprise you to know that almost all of them are treated the same.
The next time you reach for the guacamole and chips, you’ll be doing something good for your body. Avocados are loaded with healthy monounsaturated fat, and now researchers say they might also help your body fight off cancer.
The millions of Americans who stop smoking for the Great American Smokeout are cutting their risk of lung cancer. Still, 1 in 5 women who get lung cancer have never smoked. Now, doctors are starting to see their disease in a different light.
To find new cancer treatments, scientists need to study tumor tissue samples, but they don’t always have the amount they need. That could change, with help from dogs. To find new cancer treatments for both people & pets, the two are teaming up.
It’s estimated that there are more than ten million people living in the U.S. who have been treated for some form of cancer.* While those numbers are encouraging, the risk of cancer coming back is very real. Even if just a few cancer cells survive the initial treatment, the cancer can not only come back, it can spread. Now, a powerful and futuristic machine is helping to change that.
A new study gives that phrase some scientific backing. Researchers have learned that giving breast cancer patients psychological support along with their medical treatment can dramatically improve their odds of beating the disease.
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Doctors say they see more headaches, and more severe cases this time of year, just as kids are heading back to class.
Every year, more than 11,000 women are told they have cervical cancer. But doctors are getting better at treating it and increasing patients’ chances of survival. They’re making those improvements with the help of some high-tech imaging.
It was once pulled off the market in the 1950s, but now a new version of the drug thalidomide is giving some cancer patients hope. When it comes to some hard-to-treat blood cancers, it’s easy to see why researchers are so encouraged.
It may sound like the plot of a medical drama, but this approach to fighting cancer is real. Scientists say they may someday be able to battle brain cancer, while using a virus to do it. Early results from the lab are promising.
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