Jun 14, 2013 6:30 AM

Surgery Patients Embrace New-Age Wonder Drug: The iPad

When 10-year-old Charlie Cagann went to Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago to have his adenoids removed, he was nervous about the surgery. But when he arrived at the hospital, there was something to help take his mind off things: an iPad. Charlie — who already owns an iPod Touch — picked up the Apple tablet […]

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