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DEVICE FOR DETECTING RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME
It's often described as a compelling urge to move or a creepy-crawly sensation in your legs at night when you try to sleep. It's called restless legs syndrome and it affects up to 10 percent of the U....Full Story and Video

OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE TO TREAT REFLUX DISEASE
More than 15 million Americans suffer from daily heartburn, the most common symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD. The condition is brought on by the backflow of acid from the stomac...Full Story and Video

NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT TO IMPROVE LEG CIRCULATION
Pain in the legs and feet, wounds that do not heal and even amputation - all of these complications can be brought on by peripheral vascular disease or PVD. PVD is a disease of the blood vessels ...Full Story and Video

VITAMIN STUDY TO TREAT ENDOMETRIOSIS
Endometriosis is one of the most common causes of pelvic pain and infertility in women. It occurs when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus is found growing outside of the uterus on other o...Full Story and Video

BOTOX INJECTIONS FOR VOICE DISORDER
Continued hoarseness and a weak, breathy voice that last for more than two weeks can often signal a serious problem. Voice disorders affect 7.5 million Americans, but because diagnosis of some of...Full Story and Video

NEW SHOULDER SURGERY
Rotator cuff tears - the tearing or breaking loose of a tendon in the shoulder - are common injuries in adults 40 and older. Standard surgery to repair these injuries usually involves a large incision...Full Story and Video

PRESSURE SENSOR FOR AORTIC ANEURYSMS
Approximately 15,000 Americans die suddenly each year from the rupturing of an aortic aneurysm. Now, a new research study at Emory is testing an implantable sensor that monitors abdominal aortic aneur...Full Story and Video

CURE FOR IRREGULAR HEART RHYTHM
It's a heart rhythm disorder that can cause a racing heartbeat, fatigue and even anxiety, but unfortunately, it is commonly misdiagnosed. The condition is called atrial fibrillation, or A-fib. An esti...Full Story and Video

LASER TREATMENT FOR VARICOSE VEINS
Varicose veins are the unsightly and painful bulging of veins in the legs. Vein stripping surgery has been the most common treatment for this condition. Now, a new laser treatment at Emory can zap the...Full Story and Video

NEW RADIATION TREATMENT FOR BRAIN TUMORS
Approximately 190,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor each year. Many patients undergo brain surgery to remove the tumor. But a new radiation tre...Full Story and Video

CHOLESTEROL CLEANER
People who have abnormally high cholesterol levels are treated with medication, a healthy diet and regular exercise to bring their cholesterol down. But for a rare group of individuals, these standard...Full Story and Video

TMS FOR DEPRESSION
Everyone has experienced a bout of "the blues" at some point. But clinical depression, which affects 19 million Americans each year, can often mean years of feeling helpless, hopeless and sad. Many ar...Full Story and Video

WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY
Too many Americans are fighting the battle of the bulge -- and losing. As the nation's obesity rate continues to grow, a new, FDA-approved, surgical weight-loss procedure called LAP-BAND surgery is ga...Full Story and Video

ACUPUNCTURE FOR CANCER SYMPTOMS
Cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy and radiation therapy often suffer severe side effects. Many patients then turn to health care options that are outside the realm of conventional medicine. In ...Full Story and Video

HEART VALVE REPAIR THROUGH A CATHETER
Significant mitral valve regurgitation, or leaking of the mitral valve in the heart, is a common condition that affects 250,000 new patients each year in the US. When the valve leaks, blood flows back...Full Story and Video

MINIMALLY INVASIVE HEART BYPASS
According to the American Heart Association, more than 500,000 patients undergo heart bypass surgery each year in the U.S. Now, a minimally invasive heart bypass procedure is being performed without o...Full Story and Video

LUNG TRANSPLANT
Nearly 4,000 people in the United States are waiting for lung transplants. Because of a donor shortage, however, only about 1,000 of the operations are performed each year. And the shortage is getting...Full Story and Video

NATIONAL LUNG SCREENING TRIAL
Each year, 169,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths among both men and women. According to the American Cancer Society, smoking is the direct cause of nearly 9...Full Story and Video

CANCER BOUTIQUE
The most progressive cancer treatment is aimed at the whole person, including patients' psychological, emotional and social needs. Many oncologists believe that patients who feel good about themselves...Full Story and Video

ProTECT STUDY FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Traumatic brain injury takes the lives of 50,000 Americans annually, disables another 80,000 and puts almost a quarter of a million Americans in the hospital. Currently, there is no effective treatmen...Full Story and Video

ISLET CELL TRANSPLANT
More than 1 million Americans suffer from type 1 diabetes, a disease in which daily injections of insulin are essential to life. But a new procedure --called islet (EYE-let) cell transplantation -- re...Full Story and Video

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