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Exposure to loud noise can cause tinnitus
If you've ever had a ringing sensation in your ears after listening to loud music, then you know what it's like to have tinnitus. Just imagine hearing that noise constantly.
More than 50 million people in the U.S. experience it to some degree, including Lars Ulrich from the band Metallica. Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta had a chance to sit down with the drummer.
Health care for Christmas?
A Senate health care reform bill is now on track to be ready by Christmas Eve. It is historic legislation to remake the nation's medical system and cover 30 million uninsured Americans. What could this mean if you get sick? CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Karen Tumulty of Time magazine spoke about the health care bill on Monday's American Morning.
H1N1 vaccines for kids recalled
By Miriam Falco, CNN Medical News Managing Editor
(CNN) - One of the five manufacturers supplying H1N1 vaccine to the United States is recalling hundreds of thousands of flu shots because they aren't as potent as they should be.
The French manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur is voluntarily recalling about 800,000 doses of vaccine meant for children between the ages of 6 months and 35 months.
The company and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasized that the recall was not prompted by safety concerns, and that even though the vaccine isn't quite as potent as it's supposed to be, children who received it don't have to be immunized again against H1N1.
The CDC emphasized that there is no danger for any child who received this type of vaccine.
When asked what parents should do, CDC spokesman Tom Skinner said, "absolutely nothing." He said if children receive this vaccine, they will be fine. Full story »
New research shows Americans living longer
New research suggests Americans may live a lot longer than the government's projections. Up to eight years longer.
While that's very good news on the surface it does have implications for the economy, our work force, and our health care system. Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta joined us on Tuesday's American Morning to break it all down.
CT scans linked to cancer
There are serious questions today about the safety of CT scans. Two new studies now suggest they deliver far more radiation than previously reported, and may actually cause thousands of cancer cases in this country each year.
Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta joined us on Tuesday's American Morning to discuss the risks and benefits of CT scans.
Autism: A journey of recovery
Editor's Note: New cutting-edge research is helping to unlock the mysteries of the child's brain and could give autistic children a whole different future. Watch part three of our special series, Inside the Child's Mind, tomorrow on American Morning.
By Kiran Chetry, CNN
As a baby, Jake Exkorn was everything his parents hoped for – happy and healthy.
“He hit all of the developmental milestones. He walked, he talked, he played,” says Jake’s mother Karen Exkorn.
But at 17 months, Karen says the light began to fade from Jake's face.
“At first he stopped responding to his name. And then he stopped playing. And then by his second birthday, he stopped speaking entirely.”
Karen worried it may be a hearing problem, or a speech delay.
“I never expected to hear the words, your child has autism. … It was completely devastating. It meant that there was no hope for my son. And yet I was determined to help my son in any way that I could. I knew that I wanted treatment for Jake that had science behind it. And a lot of treatments don't. But the one that had the most science behind it was a treatment called ABA.”
ABA – applied behavior analysis – is an intensive approach that uses repetition and rewards to teach autistic children the things that come naturally to most kids.
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