CNN Site Map for Section Health (Galleries) for April - 2016
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- 2016-04-29The good news: Americans are consuming fewer calories. The bad news: Americans still have a long way to go in how they divvy up calories.
- 2016-04-28Music, especially his beloved harmonica, helped Bryn Thomas through an unusual drug reaction. His mom, Millie, wrote a song about the frustration and desperation she felt while dealing with the mysterious illness. Bryn, who has nonverbal autism and cerebr
- 2016-04-28The casket is lowered at a funeral for a 49-year-old sugar cane worker in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. Mortality rates from chronic kidney disease in La Isla community are so high that it is now called La Isla de Viudas, or "The Island of Widows."
- 2016-04-27In 2015, Caitlin and Jeff Morton struggled to find the answer behind why they encountered infertility, even as they felt perfectly healthy.
- 2016-04-26Two boys attend class at a military-style boot camp in Jinan, China. Photographer Lorenzo Maccotta spent about a week at the treatment center, one of hundreds for young people who are addicted to technology -- mostly online gaming.
- 2016-04-26Professor Chris Toumazou pioneered a wave of multidisciplinary study and discovery within electronics, biology, genetics and health care -- including his "lab-on-a-chip," pictured.
- 2016-04-25"Infertility is such an unspoken disease; people feel shame and hide it. I did too at first, until I met the women in my 'support group' and they made me realize I wasn't alone. It's such a terrifying and lonely experience -- but
- 2016-04-22The Empire State Building Run-Up is quintessential New York. Everyone is in a hurry. The race is over in a matter of minutes. And there's a party afterward.
- 2016-04-21Health care company Medical Realities is using virtual reality to transport people directly into an operating room to watch surgeons as they operate. Dr. Shafi Ahmed's operating theater held the world's first live surgery in virtual reality last
- 2016-04-20"The Endless Table: Recipes from Departed Loved Ones" includes recipes and personal memories from top chefs in the United States, including Ina Garten, Christopher Kimball and Jose Andres. Many are sweet remembrances, like Amanda Hesser sharing
- 2016-04-20Dan Giannopoulos has been photographing discarded drug bags in London since 2013. He plots the exact location of each one on a map in an attempt to chart patterns of drug use across the city. He focuses on areas close to where he lives, on the outskirts o
- 2016-04-15Inyan Pedersen, 34, holds her newborn daughter Sincere. Two of Inyan's younger children were born on a scheduled Cesarian, because the closest birthing center is two hours away.
- 2016-04-12In "Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive," writer Allison Gilbert explores projects and plans for people to grieve, celebrate and share memories of friends and family who passed away.
Working with photos sent to her, Dutch a
- 2016-04-10Life as they knew it quickly changed for the Shepard family in 2009 when their son, Maddox, was diagnosed with leukemia at age 2. After being isolated in the hospital for five weeks, he was allowed to go home and receive treatment there. Maddox's tre
- 2016-04-07The spiritual Sisters of the Valley grow medical marijuana in California. They use it to make lotions, tinctures and other products. Although they wear habits and modern clothing, the sisters have no official connection to the Catholic Church.
- 2016-04-07Hamburgers are a summer classic, the go-to cookout food. A typical burger patty and bun will be about 390 calories. To work that off, a 35-year-old, 150-pound person would need to spend about 30 minutes on an elliptical machine.
- 2016-04-07Scientists at Kings College London have tested ways to prevent food allergies using food. The idea is that exposure enables a child's immune system to recognize and tolerate the allergens.
- 2016-04-06A new TLC show, "Two in a Million," introduces pairs of people who share rare medical conditions. Giovanni, 7, left, and Owen, 9, have Schwartz-Jampel syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by abnormalities of the skeletal muscles, incl
- 2016-04-06Pammy is one of the women with alopecia who posed without a wig for photographer Christoph Soeder. His "Unfading" series gave them confidence, he said: "It really emphasizes people's individuality. It just increases their uniqueness.&q
- 2016-04-05Poppies have been used for medicinal purposes for centuries by ancient civilizations all over the world. Today, they are the primary source for many painkillers.
- 2016-04-05Virtual reality could help tackle acute pain, a new study has found. Could doctors soon start prescribing video games?