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Horrific: Glass bottle tossed from car nearly kills 5-year-old girl walking home from school

Five-year-old Karla was looking forward to graduating from kindergarten Monday – instead spent the weekend in intensive care after being hit by a flying glass bottle. She was rushed to hospital after the horrific incident. A ...

Disabled girl who was bullied by trolls died aged 10 – family takes road trip to share her message

Sophia was born in 2009, with six medical staff in the room. Her mother, Natalie, was quickly whisked to the side as the doctors checked the deformities of the baby’s face, hands and feet — ...

Jim Kelly’s most recent scan reveals he’s still cancer-free

After testing showed his cancer returned in 2018, Jim Kelly underwent another round of treatment. “The oral cancer we hoped would be gone forever has returned. Although I was shocked and deeply saddened to receive this ...

Miraculous! Woman survives 6 major brain surgeries to become a doctor

She added, “Since I was first diagnosed, I’ve had six major brain surgeries. I thought I’d have one surgery. I knew my life would be a little different, but I thought I would have this surgery ...

‘Miracle’ med student survives 6 brain surgeries to become doctor – let’s pay tribute to her

One can only imagine the mental fortitude needed to remain positive despite such a diagnosis. Martinez, though, had that in abundance. She graduated college, before going on to attend UTHealth McGovern Medical School. “Since I ...

8-year-old boy celebrates after beating stage 4 brain cancer – let’s hear it for him

As per Wivb.com, little Cameron was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma, a high-risk tumor that had spread to his spine. The 8-year-old underwent surgery to remove the tumors, before being sent to St. Jude’s for follow-up treatment. ...

Pastor donates kidney to 9-year-old, but then doctors discover his organ is abnormally shaped

When Alana was six years old, she had a well-child checkup and her doctor diagnosed her with chronic kidney disease. She was at stage three. “It was sad because I didn’t know what was going on,” ...

Farmer cuts off his leg with a pocket knife after accidentally falling into machinery

On April 26, Kaser was using a mobile grain auger, a drilling device, to transfer a load of grain into a bin, but suddenly something went terribly wrong. “I stepped right in the damn thing. It grabbed ...

Mother beats stage 4 cancer after grim prognosis – years later she continues to surprise doctors

Ashley, 35, eventually made an appointment with an ear, nose, and throat specialist and was prescribed antibiotics. The mysterious knot shrank. Although the antibiotics appeared to treat the bump, it would always come back. Ashley ...

First paralyzed human treated with stem cells has now regained upper body movement

And so he opted for the treatment, led by Charles Liu, MD, Ph.D., director of the USC Neurorestoration Center. Lui’s surgical team joined forces with Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and Keck Medicine of USC, ...