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- December 15, 2010
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Newlyweds become medical researchers to find cure for wife’s disease0
- Health & Healing
- April 5, 2016
Sonia 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 MORENewberry Township Picked for ‘Extreme Home’ Makeover0
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- June 20, 2011
Navigating 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 MORENew View of Depression: An Ailment of the Entire Body0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- April 13, 2012
Scientists 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 MORENew Venture Connects US Teachers Online0
- Making a Positive Difference
- June 19, 2012
Share 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
READ MORENew U.S. Cigarette Warnings Show and Tell the Deadly Truth About Smoking, Will Boost Efforts to Prevent Kids from Smoking, Encourage Smokers to Quit0
- Health & Healing
- June 21, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration selected nine graphic photos displaying adverse health effects caused by smoking Tuesday as part of their new campaign to literally gross people out this dangerous habit. Effective Sep. 2012, these pictures will be plastered on the warning label of every pack of cigarettes, reminding about the risks of smoking. PR
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