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- December 15, 2010
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland surprised and even shocked many in the sports world with his announcement that he was giving up football. He made a gutsy personal decision that he feels is best for his health—even though it means walking away from potentially millions of dollars in future contracts.
READ MORESonia Vallabj and Eric Minikel fell in love and married expecting to live happily ever after. But 5 years ago, she was diagnosed with genetic prion disease, which leads to a decline in memory that only worsens over time. As CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports, this husband and wife decided they couldn’t afford to sit back and wait for others to come up with a cure; they had to be part of the process.
READ MORENavigating the cramped rooms in his Pennsylvania home is just one of the challenges 23-year-old Brian Keefer, paralyzed from the neck down by a gymnastics injury in 2008, overcomes every day. When the bus for ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” rolled into their driveway Sunday morning, the family was overjoyed. Host Ty Pennington and his
READ MOREScientists are increasingly finding that depression and other psychological disorders can be as much diseases of the body as of the mind. The Wall Street Journal, 4/9/2012
READ MOREShare My Lesson, an online portal that teachers will be able to access free of charge, has been created to bring teachers together to share and learn from one another at a time when cuts to education budgets have led many districts to slash professional development. Randi Weingarten, leader of one of the country's largest
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