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Bone Stretching Video In China a painful surgical procedure called "bone stretching" can make someone taller ... but is it worth the risk?Video Sections

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- Bee Therapy - Can bee stings cure arthritis, or MS? Meet some people in Taiwan willing to endure hundreds of bee stings to cure what ails them.
- Bone Stretching - In China a painful surgical procedure called "bone stretching" can make someone taller ... but is it worth the risk?
- Bull Penis - In Taiwan, an unusual and taboo dinner treat is for sale: bull penis.
- Desert - Learn how a green wall of trees in northern China might combat the sands that are quickly overtaking once rich farmland.
- Free Love - In southwest China, one culture allows men and women to have multiple partners. But their reputed promiscuity comes with obligations.
- Quake Survivors Found - May 13, 2008—As the death toll from Monday's quake in China nears 12,000, survivors are being pulled from the rubble of buildings and schools.
- Second Burial - Burying a loved one is a sad affair in most places, but burying them twice is a cause for happiness in Taiwan. Find out why.
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