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  • Sanjay Gupta

    Chief Medical Correspondent
    The multiple Emmy®-award winning chief medical correspondent is a practicing neurosurgeon who plays an integral role in CNN's reporting.

    Elizabeth Cohen 

      Elizabeth Cohen

      Senior Medical Correspondent
      The award-winning, senior medical correspondent for CNN's health, wellness and medical unit, is author of "The Empowered Patient."

      Living Well 

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      If you feel like something isn't right, follow your instincts. We, as women, know our bodies. We know when something is wrong. Don't trust anyone to tell you everything is fine if you are concerned. Seek a second opinion. http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1234153

      Coping with infertility: Don't give up hope, and more advice

      By Ashley Strickland, CNN
      When we asked readers to share their infertility stories with us on iReport, they opened up about their personal journeys, but also provided advice for people experiencing infertility, and the families of these couples, as well.
      Obstetric Ultrasound of fetus at fourth month. Echography Scan.

      Can't fully expect when expecting? Accurate gender

      By Nadia Kounang, CNN
      What happens when instead of the little girl everyone has been expecting and buying clothes for a little boy ends up being born? Making the wrong call happens more frequently than we realize, perhaps as high as one out of ten times.

      Instilling empathy among doctors pays off

      By Sandra G. Boodman , Kaiser Health News
      This skill is increasingly considered essential to establishing trust, the foundation of a good doctor-patient relationship.
      LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 03: Leo, aged 9 months, takes part in an experiment at the 'Birkbeck Babylab' Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, on March 3, 2014 in London, England. The experiment uses an electroencephalogram (EEG) to study brain activity whilst the baby examines different objects of varying complexity. Researchers at the Babylab, which is part of Birkbeck, University of London, study brain and cognitive development in infants from birth through childhood. The scientists use various experiments, often based on simple games, and test the babies' physical or cognitive responses with sensors including: eye-tracking, brain activation and motion capture. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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      Healing the Future

      In medicine, innovation is life and death. Every advancement means another mother, another brother, another grandparent who could be saved.
      Life's Work

      Trust your memory? Maybe you shouldn't

      Your memories help you separate friends from enemies. They remind you not to eat too much ice cream or drink cheap tequila because you remember how horrible it felt the last time you indulged. Or do you?