Dateline health stories

Updated: 11:52 a.m. ET Aug. 17, 2007

Dystonia forced parts of Laura Herbert's body into involuntary and sometimes agonizing twists, spasms, and contractions. Stone Phillips reports. STORY

Medical miracles

Open-fetal operation saves infant's life
It was an eleventh hour attempt to save the tiniest of lives. In some of the most dramatic video we've ever broadcast, see the hand of a five month old fetus -- held by a surgeon trying to give him a future. Rob Stafford reports.

Garrett Morrison, now a one-year-old

911 operator answers call from own family

Science and research

Should we irradiate fruits and vegetables?

Can surgery cure Tourette Syndrome?

Progeria, the rapid aging disease

The fight vs. AIDS in Africa

The unorthodox practice of chelation

Michael J. Fox's mission

A child frozen in time

On addictions

Do you have an Internet problem?

Can people with drinking problems moderate?

Sex addiction? Seek help

Compulsive gambler loses all, on tape

Night eating

Against odds

No way out of one Katrina hospital

The miraculous life of Jonathan Swain

The remarkable Seth Cook

A severe case of Tourette's

Fargo, N.D. conjoined twins now separated

Melissa Etheridge's anthem of hope

Diet and weight control

Who's to blame for U.S. obesity?

Struck by hunger in the middle of the night

Should teens risk gastric bypass surgery?

Last resort school for overweight teens

The Dateline Bridal Diet Challenge

Unseen dangers

Don't let the bed bugs bite

Dirty ice can make you sick

A routine epidural turns deadly

Beware of counterfeit drugs

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Could the law have done more for Teri Lee?

Human trafficking

Have you ever been the victim of a con artist?

The Palladium murder

Should Apple do something about iPod theft?

Harry Potter: The final chapter

What do you think of the hitman case?

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	Garrett's first birthday Doctors operated on Garrett Morrison when he was a 5 month old fetus inside his mother’s womb. This is Garrett now as he celebrates his first birthday.
	A Taco Bell victim Steven Minnis of Pennsylvania never thought he would be susceptible to E. coli poisioning. He got sick after eating contaminated lettuce, and now has little trust in vegetable food safety.
Dateline NBC	How to wash your hands properly Dateline’s Victoria Corderi, with the guidance of microbiologist Debra Huffman, demonstrates why proper hand-washing is important.