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Dr. Gupta discusses Herman Cain's health, cancer survival
GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain is known for his friendly personality and his catchy 9-9-9 tax overhaul plan. However, there's something you may not know about Cain: he nearly died.
The former business executive survived stage 4 colon cancer that had spread to his liver. Cain says that this was part of the reason he decided to run for president.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins American Morning today to give us a closer look at Cain's health and his remarkable medical history.
Rancic's breast cancer diagnosis raises questions about in vitro fertilization
Fans of the "Giuliana & Bill" reality show are aware that E! News anchor Giuliana Rancic has been trying to get pregnant with the help of in vitro fertilization (IVF).
However, as Rancic was about to try a third round of assisted reproduction, her new doctor insisted that she get a mommogram first, even though she is only 36 years old. The screening revealed she had early stage breast cancer.
Senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen joins American Morning today to discuss Rancic's diagnosis and the potential link between cancer and fertility treatments.
12 year old finds that 1 in 5 teachers can't distinguish real medicine from candy
More than a half million kids under the age of five go to the emergency room every year for medicine poisoning, a situation that has inspired the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to launch an initiative to combat the growing problem.
Casey Gittelman, a twelve year old student, learned about this problem from her father Mike, an ER doctor who specializes in the issue at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Casey then decided to test teachers and kindergartners to find out who was better at telling the difference between real pills and candy.
Casey found that more than one in four kindergarten children, and one in five teachers, had difficulty distinguishing between medicine and candy. She presented her research yesterday at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in Boston.
Today on American Morning, Casey and her father talk to Ali Velshi about Casey's experiment and explain why it is important to spread the word about keeping medicines out of kids' reach at home.
Medical miracle: Four year old recovering after accident with a pencil
Four year-old Keegan Tinsdale was practicing writing his letters at a desk when he fell off his chair and the pencil he was holding went into his eye socket. Three inches of the pencil were stuck in Keegan's head, so far back that the writing utensil was not even visible anymore.
Doctors said that Keegan was about 1/16 of an inch away from death considering that the pencil went beside Keegan's eye, though the optic nerve canal and stopped just short of his internal carotid artery.
Keegan and his mother and father, Heather and Heath, sit down with Christine Romans on American Morning today to discuss the accident and to explain how Keegan is recovering.
CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen joins the conversation to discuss the surgery to remove the pencil and to discuss how the accident affected Keegan's vision.
Study: Pregnant women eating healthy diet more likely to have kids with fewer birth defects
Eating healthy makes sense on so many levels, and now it could be a simple way for expectant moms to battle birth defects. A new study says mothers with quality diets have fewer problems.
This morning on American Morning, senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen explains.
Human Factor: CNN's Sanjay Gupta on an inspiring double hand transplant patient
After being the first woman in America to undergo a double hand transplant, Sheila Advento has had to learn how to use another person's hands as her own.
Advento's hands and feet were amputated eight years ago after she contracted a bacterial infection and although she initially got prosthetics, the option of a hand transplant was always on her mind.
Today on American Morning, Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains Advento's procedure and how she has learned to use her new hands.
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