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Morning Medical Update

Apr 22, 2024

The first ever test that catches Parkinson's early before symptoms appear giving patients the chance to start treatment early. What needs to happen before the breakthrough becomes standard, plus weight loss drugs tested as a Parkinson's treatment.


Treating Thyroid Nodules Without Incision

Apr 16, 2024

Half of all Americans will get nodules on their thyroid. Now there's a way to treat the nodules without an incision. Meet a woman who had to educate her own doctor before finding a specialist close to home that could keep her out of the operating room.


Apr 15, 2024

Removing part of his tongue and then rebuilding a new one! The warning signs that helped this firefighter catch oral cancer early, plus the techniques that help him speak again.


Apr 12, 2024

Robin Love's breast cancer had no FDA-approved treatment. 17 years later, she says access to a clinical trial saved her life. How an innovative treatment and a doctor-slash-scientist got robin from diagnosis to survivorship.


Apr 9, 2024

Scott Seetin was one step away from donating a kidney, then he found he needed a transplant just as urgently. The second chance that Scott calls his "second life" and using art to pay it forward.