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Man in Disguise Gives $128,000 to Buy Terminal Woman Hope for Cure
A 48-year-old single mother of four in Canada has been struggling for ten years with systemic scleroderma, a disorder that was slowly killing her....
‘Teddy Clinic’ Treats Stuffed Animals to Ease Kids’ Fear of Hospitals
Medical students in Giessen, Germany, hosted a “Teddy Clinic” last week, dolling out free care to stuffed animals suffering from a range of imaginary illnesses.
The...
Students Wear Surgical Masks to Prom in Support of Friend with Cancer
Jared Hill wanted to take his girlfriend Emily Jarrell to her Senior Prom in Manassas, Virginia. The only challenge was that Jared's immune system was...
University Holds Graduation for One, Grants Dying Father’s Wish
Longwood University may rate as one of the best colleges in the South, but that doesn't mean the faculty thinks itself too fancy to...
Rap Star Drake Flies to Texas Just to Visit Teen With Cancer
Well, Drake may have just officially won himself the title of sweetest rapper ever.
He flew to Texas to surprise 15-year-old Kennedy Brown, who was...
Students Design Aquarium Pumps to Save Babies’ Lives
Babies are surviving in the poorest parts of Africa thanks to the ingenuity of students in a Rice University design class. Faced with the...
Medical Students Spearheading Change
McMaster University is one of three Ontario sites for Exercise is Medicine on Campus, an initiative aimed at connecting medical and kinesiology students, with...
Helped by TV Show ‘House’, Doctor Diagnoses Rare Condition
A German man with severe heart failure and a puzzling mix of symptoms including fever, blindness, deafness and enlarged lymph nodes that baffled doctors...
New Gene Therapy Holds Blindness At Bay
Surgeons in Oxford have used a gene therapy technique to improve the vision of six patients who would otherwise have gone blind. The operation...
No. There Won’t Be a Doctor Shortage
In just over a decade the United States will need 130,000 more doctors than medical schools are producing. So says the Association of American...
Soccer Star Doesn’t Let Losing a Leg Deter Her From Goal
When Bree McMahon was a high school senior, her future was set: She had already earned a scholarship to play soccer in college.
But that...
2600 Strangers Comfort Dying Man With #SkyBluePink Photos
More than 2,600 people from around the world may have helped prolong the life of a dying Nebraska father by sending photos, notes and...
And, the Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2013 are…
They clean up rivers, build homes for disabled veterans and bring health care to some of the darkest parts of the world. They help...
Pianist Born With Shortened Fingers Proves Experts Wrong
When Egyptian-born pianist Wael Farouk was 3 years old, his parents noticed that he was unable to grip objects, make a fist or straighten...
Crowd of Helpers Show Up for Dying Soldier on Moving Day
A terminally ill soldier received more help than he could have imagined on moving day, as 100 soldiers, retirees, and civilians showed up to...
Scholastic Donates 1 Million Books for American Kids in Poverty
To help more low-income families build home libraries and to encourage families to read together, Scholastic will donate 1 million books to a nonprofit...
Despite Being Enemies, Israel Helps Wounded Syrians
In the past six months Israel has helped about 200 wounded men, women and children cross the Syrian border and enter Ziv Medical Center,...
Giving New Life to California’s Struggling Sea Lion Pups
January was traditionally a slow period for sea lions at the San Pedro care center. But nearly 50 sea lions had come in, more...
9-Year-Old With Swine Flu Gets Once- Impossible Kidney Transplant
A 9-year-old boy whose tiny body was ravaged by swine flu during the 2009 outbreak is recovering from a much-needed but once-impossible kidney transplant.
Robert...
‘Intelligent’ Surgical Knife Can Sniff Out Cancer Tissue
Scientists have created an "intelligent" surgical knife that can detect in seconds whether tissue being cut is cancerous, promising more effective and accurate surgery...