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Cancer Survivor, 9, Funds Support Dog for 2-Year-old
After two years of surgery and chemotherapy for a brain tumor, a nine-year-old girl wanted other kids with cancer to have a gentle companion...
Obama Names Medal of Freedom Winners: Kennedy, Poitier, Hawking, 13 Others
President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is...
Obama Chooses Doctor who Makes House Calls for Next Surgeon General
President Barack Obama nominated for U.S. Surgeon General a rural Alabama family physician, Dr. Regina Benjamin, who is known along the impoverished Gulf...
Online Therapy: A New Way to Get Help
Online therapy is one of the newest trends in mental healthcare. Although many clients still choose in-person therapy, online counseling has become an...
A Hopeful and Tolerant New Generation
Two years of research on the attitudes, values and behavior of Canada's teens uncovered hopeful trends:
For instance, today's teens have more "close friends" than...
Amputees Gather for Festival of Scuba, Climbing and Sailing (Video)
This year's "No Barriers Festival" in Florida includes eighteen disabled veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who are gathering along with hundreds of other amputees...
Staff Forgoes Holiday Party to Help Client in Need
The staff of Inglis Foundation’s Care Management department chose to forgo their annual holiday party to help a client in need. Inglis...
Ten Extraordinary Americans Recognized for Innovation in Health Care
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced the 2008 recipients of its Community Health Leaders Award for individuals who overcome the odds to improve...
Man Gives Quarter Million Homemade Wheelchairs to Needy Around the World
Don Schoendorfer creates makeshift wheelchairs for the disabled around the world. They cost him less than $49, but he has given away a quarter...
Be Positive Do Something Positive Day, March 1, Created Through Tragedy
After surviving three years of loss, trauma, and grief, Harold Cameron has transformed himself into the "The Chief of Helping People." His mission and...
Dolls for World Peace
Elderly women in an assisted living center are recapturing life by making dolls for children in Darfur. Two thousand dolls have been made, each...
Historic Run for Blind Triathlete (Video)
Aaron Scheidies, who is legally blind, completed the U.S. Open Triathlon in one hour, 58 minutes and eight seconds. It was the first time...
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Six Steps to a Happier Workday
There are many facets of work and life in general that we do not control. But we can increase our control over our own...
New Patron Saint of New Orleans
New Orleans Saints' quarterback Drew Brees and his wife Brittany founded the Brees Dream Foundation to rebuild children's facilities and programs throughout New Orleans....
Four-Fingered Concert Pianist Overcomes Physical Barriers (Video)
A Korean concert pianist moves the audience to tears performing classical music with just two digits on each hand. Disfigured from birth, and with...
Singles Get Together and Make a Difference for Valentine’s Day
Singles are being inspired across the nation to "get engaged" through volunteering this Valentine's Day. Recognizing the power of community service to bring people...
Hospice Helped Dying Man Shed His Virginity
"A young disabled man who receives care for his life-limiting illness at a hospice run by a nun spoke yesterday of his decision to...
States Take the Lead on Health Care Reform
Massachusetts has accomplished the improbable: It got Democrats and Republicans to agree on how to provide nearly every resident with health insurance. And it...
Change Your Life, No Matter the Circumstances
Part 3 in our series on Gratitude and how it can change your life features a man so down on his luck that calling...
When Doctors Say Your Child Will be ‘a Vegetable’
Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team competing in nearly continuous marathon races. And if they’re not in a marathon they're competing in...