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Mitigating Migraine: New Medication is a Game Changer Thirty-eight million Americans currently suffer from migraine. Now, a new class of drug can block the pathway that causes migraine and give patients some long needed relief Continue »

Regaining A Singing Voice After Cancer Vocal cord surgery is difficult, and could take away someone’s voice, but is required for cancers that affect almost 10,000 people in the U.S. each year. Surgeons and speech pathologists fought to save the voice of one man who has been singing his whole life. Continue »

Antibiotic Envelope Stops Heart Infections For people with fatal heart rhythm disruptions, a pacemaker or defibrillator is lifesaving with almost 100,000 implanted each year. However, these devices can still cause infections. Now, a new sleeve that encases the device and dissolves in the body is cutting infection risk by 40 percent. Continue »

Corneal Transplants Reverse Shingles-Related Vision Loss One in three Americans will develop shingles, a virus like chickenpox that can travel down a nerve and infect the eye causing vision loss. Now, surgeons are studying a new solution, corneal transplants, to restore patients’ vison and it’s showing promise.. Continue »

Patient #1: A New Battle Against Cystinosis Cystinosis is a rare genetic disorder that causes crystals to build up in cells and affects almost every part of the body. Patients have to take up to 50 pills a day to keep up. But now a new study aims to save lives thanks to the first patient who volunteered.  Continue »

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Doctor's In-depth Interview of the week
 

First FDA Approved Drug for Scleroderma 
Kristen Highland, MD, Director of The Rheumatic Lung Disease Program
The Cleveland Clinic

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Quote of the week:

“If I compain, I'm a bitch. If he compains, he gets air time.” 

— LPGA Veteran Laura Baugh, on Tiger Woods

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