Mount de Sales Academy senior Dottie Rowe has been accepted as a student surgical observer at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. 

Dottie currently shadows three surgeons with varying specialties and hopes to be able to shadow more surgeons as the year progresses. 

Candidates for the program must complete an application process which includes a physical, vaccines, a background check, and letters of recommendation.

Each candidate is responsible for locating and securing surgeons willing to allow students to shadow, and the surgeons then accept responsibility for these students while at the MCCG.

Surgeons at Coliseum Medical Center have a new technology at their fingertips to help patients with lung conditions.

The daVinci Surgical System allows surgeons to use robotic arms and a 3D camera to manipulate their tools during lung procedures. The technology debuted at Coliseum three years ago and was originally used for heart and prostate proedures. Doctor Laura Reed didn't start using it for lung surgeries until a month ago.

Dr. Reed says now she can work on a patient's lung using a few small incisions the size of a dime instead of creating a large opening across the person's chest.

Cheryl Matlock from Warner Robins says doctors found an infection in her lung and became the first patient in central Georgia to undergo thoracic surgery using the robot system.

Dr. Reed says patients using the robotic system ususally heal faster because they have less damage to their surrounding tissues.

On CBS 60 Minutes, Dr. Sanjay Gupta explored one leading doctor's conclusion: that sugar is toxic.

Alli Kerr, owner of the Pink Physique, stopped by Weekend Mornin' to talk about how much sugar we actually consume.