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Brain bank examines hard hits

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:04:39 EST

The world's largest collection of athletes' brains is being used to understand exactly what hits on the field are doing to the brain.

Doctor fights mental health stigma

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:27:56 EST

As Kenya's leading psychiatrist, Frank Njenga has been championing the cause of better mental health care for more than three decades.

Why I became a triathlete

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:07:51 EST

Senior executive producer Roni Selig's personal and professional problems led to her eventually start the Fit Nation program at CNN.

The 'forbidden fruit' of medicinal mushrooms

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:33:26 EST

Paul Stamets was shy as a child; he couldn't look people in the eyes, so he stared at the ground. That's where he found mushrooms.

Head-trauma suits against NFL increase

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:13:43 EST

A nasty collision during a kickoff in 1997 left Kevin Turner seeing stars.

Opinion: How our doctors do harm

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:57:46 EST

The cold hard reality is that America does not need to reform health care, it needs to transform health care, Dr. Otis Brawley says.

Exclusive: Doctors cheating in dermatology exams

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:18:05 EST

Doctors studying to become dermatologists have, for years, shared exam questions by memorizing and writing them down after the test to become board certified, CNN has confirmed.

N.Y. town still baffled by mysterious tics

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:23:42 EST

In the New York town of LeRoy, more than a dozen people have suddenly developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics.

No stress relief for stress writer

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:56:42 EST

"I see here you'll be staying overnight," says the woman at the surgery check-in, fixing me with a soothing beam.