Latest 60 Minutes: Health & Science videos
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Epilepsy: Fighting For A Cure
October 25, 2009 | 5:00 PM PDT
More Americans are suffering from epilepsy than Parkinson's, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis combined. Katie Couric reports on a disease that may not be getting the attention it deserves.
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The Kanzius Machine
October 18, 2009 | 6:00 PM PDT
John Kanzius fought his leukemia head on, inventing a machine that may someday offer effective treatment for cancers without the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy. Lesley Stahl reports.
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Swine Flu: H1N1
October 18, 2009 | 6:00 PM PDT
Scott Pelley reports on the H1N1 flu - which is increasingly targeting young, healthy people - and how the government plans to fight the flu pandemic.
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The Great Migration
October 4, 2009 | 5:00 PM PDT
Scott Pelley visits Kenya, the site of the great wildebeest migration, and looks at the threats to this natural spectacle comprised of over a million animals.
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Coal Ash: 130M Tons of Waste
October 4, 2009 | 5:00 PM PDT
If coal ash is safe to spread under a golf course or be used in carpets, why are the residents a Tenn. town being told to stay out of a river where the material was spilled? Lesley Stahl reports.
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The DEKA Arm
September 20, 2009 | 5:00 PM PDT
New technology is making it possible for amputees to pick up small objects they never thought they would master thanks to the biggest innovation in prosthetic arms since WW II. Scott Pelley reports.
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The Age of Megafires
September 6, 2009 | 4:20 PM PDT
Global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West. Scott Pelley goes to the fire line to report.
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Brain Power
August 9, 2009 | 4:35 PM PDT
People who are completely paralyzed due to illness or trauma are getting help communicating with a new technology that connects their brains to a computer. Scott Pelley reports.
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Eyewitness, Part 2
July 12, 2009 | 4:52 PM PDT
So how accurate is eyewitness testimony? As Lesley Stahl found out firsthand, memory is malleable and can easily be influenced and corrupted.
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Eyewitness, Part 1
July 12, 2009 | 4:53 PM PDT
Lesley Stahl reports on flaws in eyewitness testimony that are at the heart of the DNA exonerations of falsely convicted people like Ronald Cotton, who was falsely accused of rape.
