just kind of been no answers. reporter: life as she knew it, changed. no more cheering for her kids. silence at the salon. and routines at home became the challenge. she had to bang on the wall to wake us up on the morning. it not only was a strain on her voice it was a strain on the marriage. it was like i wasn t married almost. a lot of things that we did we weren t doing together. reporter: for agonizing months and friends told her about something they heard in the news. they called and said you have to listen to this woman, she sounds just like you. i can t order food at a restaurant because people don t understand me. reporter: and in that story was a doctor who said a common cold can cause something called functional dysphonia. when a cold virus enters your voice box it can cause irritation and swelling, makes your voice hoarse. a lot of swelling can trigger abnormal tightening around the muscles in the voice box to lose your voice completely. erin did not know
queen will visit. our air corps will be involved. our navy involved in maritime security. and the army deployed in significant numbers. can you hear us loud and clear? reporter: there have been protests by hardline republicans. even though they have been small, the authorities aren t taking any chances. dozens of roads are closed. 5,000 police officers are on duty. many of the streets affected are in dublin city center. everywhere you look is a security barrier. in fact, in total, there are 20,000 of them. at moment the irish authorities are focusing on preventing terrorism rather than promoting tourism. so how concerned is ireland s prime minister? we ve had global figures here before in terms of american presidents, the pope, whatever and the security arrangements
i think it almost cheapens the delivery of dental care in a way. is it unethical, certainly not. is it illegal, not, not at all. some of the dentists are a little up and arms about it but literally i think the answer is i care about my patients. reporter: but instead of alcohol, there are other things that dentists can do to help you with the anxiety. also called laughing gas will definitely take the stress off. valium pills or i.v. sedation. he says about 1 in 4 patients accept. more at the end of the day. but he says the alcohol just part of a relaxed atmosphere that includes no white coats. we try to love on the patient from the time that they walk in the door from the time that they leave. reporter: that includes a glass of wine in the dental chair. indeed. that s brilliant. you know. handsome dentist, a little bit of wine. you re going to houston to get your next cleaning. talking about demi lovato. the white coats as well, that can stress people out too that med
i ve made. reporter: with trump and huckabee out, that leaves mitt romney as the front-runner in a crowded republican field that s far from settled. rob and peggy. a heartbreaking mystery remains unsolved in southern maine. no one has come forward with information about a little boy there whose body was found dumped by the roadside. police have released this computer-generated image. hoping someone may recognize this child. what makes it more mysterious, there are no missing children s reports anywhere in that area. a high school marine biology class got a lesson in the unexpected. their whale watching boat was struck by a rogue wave off of massachusetts. several students were injured but this morning they re all back home on dry land. wcbc s reporter reports from cape cod. reporter: five students injured taken by ambulance after a massive wave hit a whale-watching boat. there was one huge wave and the boat and everyone went up and then came down and it was bad. all lifted
spider actually slipped with its foot, we found silkened threads often up to 30 with individual where the spider slipped so that our experiments to dislodged the spider that caused it to secrete silk from its feet. reporter: silk spinning organs or spinnerettes are actually quite primitive and the discovery that they can release silk through their feet could reveal an important step. in the evolution of modern spider to produce many different types of silk. victoria gill, bbc news. couldn t even look at the monitors, the desk? ahh! got me a few months ago when i was scared of a spider and they scared me one day on the set. they did something. you can see it. literally scared me. so do not do that to you.