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You don’t know these innovators
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You don’t know these innovators

.cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:’>>’;font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px} ]]> CNN’s Life’s Work series features innovators and pioneers who are making a difference in the world of medicine. Here are some people you might not know who have changed medicine as we know it. We begin with Dr. [...]

Published by on May 20, 2013 1:05 PM
Mom’s death inspires doctor
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Mom’s death inspires doctor

(CNN) — “How much did you weigh when you were born?” Dr. Alfred Brann asks the first time we talk. It’s not a typical, get-to-know-you kind of question, but it seems almost normal coming from Brann. He’s a pediatric neurologist who specializes in perinatal medicine and reproductive health in the United States and developing countries. [...]

Published by on May 19, 2013 11:04 AM
I’m also an abduction survivor
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I’m also an abduction survivor

Editor’s note: In the “Human Factor,” Dr. Sanjay Gupta profiles survivors who have overcome the odds. Confronting a life obstacle — injury, illness or other hardship — they tapped their inner strength and found resilience they didn’t know they possessed. This week we introduce you to Alicia Kozakiewicz. Eleven years ago at age 13, Kozakiewicz [...]

Published by on May 18, 2013 9:00 AM
These women changed medicine
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These women changed medicine

.cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:’>>’;font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px} ]]> CNN’s “Life’s Work” series features innovators and pioneers who are making a difference in the world of medicine. Click through the slides to learn more about women who have made significant contributions in their fields. Physicist Marie Curie [...]

Published by on May 17, 2013 6:57 AM
‘Dr. Dancer’ didn’t want to choose
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‘Dr. Dancer’ didn’t want to choose

Atlanta (CNN) — Nadine Kaslow sits with one slender ivory leg dangling, the other tucked neatly under her dress with the heel of her beige pump facing up. These legs have supported her throughout her career as a dancer. But in her head, Kaslow struggled for years over whether to follow that path or her [...]

Published by on May 16, 2013 4:56 AM
Woman shakes off 170 pounds
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Woman shakes off 170 pounds

.cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:’>>’;font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px} ]]> Deidre Robinson never liked to have her picture taken because she was self-conscious about her weight. She has lost more than half her body weight — 170 pounds — since this photo was taken in 2008. Robinson said [...]

Published by on May 14, 2013 12:56 AM
5 rules for new triathletes
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5 rules for new triathletes

.cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:’>>’;font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px} ]]> This week the CNN Fit Nation “6-Pack” is together in Clermont, Florida. Team members Tabitha McMahon, front row from left, Rae Timme and Annette Miller and Douglas Mogle, back row, from left, Will Cleveland and Stacy Mantooth are [...]

Published by on May 12, 2013 10:56 PM
Pacemaker pioneer lives with device
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Pacemaker pioneer lives with device

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of our series “Life’s Work,” which will feature innovators and pioneers making a difference in the world of medicine. (CNN) — Dr. Vincent L. Gott was part of an innovative group of doctors who trained with Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, considered to be the father of open-heart surgery. [...]

Published by on May 6, 2013 10:46 AM
Training dedicated to slain colleague
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Training dedicated to slain colleague

Editor’s note: Rae Timme is one of six CNN viewers selected to be a part of the Fit Nation Triathlon Challenge program. Follow the “6-pack” on Twitter and Facebook as they train to race the Nautica Malibu Triathlon with Dr. Sanjay Gupta on September 8. (CNN) — During the past 57 years, I have crossed [...]

Published by on May 5, 2013 8:45 AM
She lost 80 lbs, faced bigger battle
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She lost 80 lbs, faced bigger battle

Four years ago, Melissa Schaaf weighed close to 250 pounds. Living in a “household of naturally skinny people” with her husband, Bob, and their two children made eating healthy challenging, she says. “When I turned 40, I looked down at the scale and thought, ‘Oh my, I must really do something about this,’ ” Schaaf [...]

Published by on May 3, 2013 4:39 AM
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