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Computer software helps repair broken bones

Updated: 7:12 PM A broken pelvis is a painful injury that is often difficult to repair. Getting to the bones can be tricky because many organs, nerves, and blood vessels lie within the pelvis. Now, surgeons are using new technology to fix the problem.

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Replacing knees with 3-D

Updated: 7:22 PM Every year knee replacements can put half a million Americans out of commission for a month or more. Now, without cutting any muscles, a new option is cutting recovery time.

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New technology to better diagnose colorectal cancer

Updated: 7:17 PM In the next 12 months, 50,000 people will die from colorectal cancer. The worst part is that most of these deaths could have been prevented if the cancer was detected sooner.

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Helping Heroes: brain scans for PTSD

Updated: 7:04 PM Most US troops have cleared out of Iraq. As soldiers head stateside, a lot have trouble leaving the battlefield behind.

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Home Infusions cut hospital stay and bills

Updated: 12:42 PM Elkhart General Home care offers infusions at home rather than hospital. It's a welcome change for people who need IV's to get healthy.

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New treatment to treat the disease angina

Updated: 6:39 PM It's a pain in the chest 9 million Americans live with every day. Angina is treatable, but most of the time patients have to take medication for the rest of their lives to control it.

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Re-building baby jaws: New surgery for PRS

Updated: 6:51 PM A mysterious birth defect that often comes with a perfectly normal pregnancy is taking parents by surprise, and the condition can kill up to 30 percent of children who are born with it.

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New treatment making life easier for OCD patients

Updated: 6:36 PM Taking a pill to help get rid of fear? For many people with OCD and other anxiety disorders it sounds too good to be true. Now an antibiotic once used to treat tuberculosis, could change the way doctors treat fear disorders.

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Testing your fertility IQ

Updated: 6:53 PM Infertility means not being able to get pregnant after one year of trying. Or, six months, if a woman is over 35. With one in eight couples experiencing it, there are also a lot of myths out there surrounding infertility.

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Robot performs hysterectomy on South Bend woman

Updated: 12:42 PM A South Bend woman wanted to make sure the estrogen factor that led to her breast cancer did not spread to her female organs, so her doctor offered her a laparoscopic robotic hysterectomy

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Protecting yourself from Hepatitis B

Updated: 5:35 PM Nancye Swanson does her own nails these days. Six months ago, she almost died from something she picked up at a salon.

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Medical gadgets evolving

Updated: 7:58 PM Cell phones and computers have evolved by leaps and bounds over the last few decades. Now, it's time for medical devices to do the same.

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