Sick teen's military dreams come true
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Weakened by a lifelong struggle with cystic fibrosis, 14-year-old Riley Woina dreamed of being strong like the heroes he'd seen in war movies like "Black Hawk Down."
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The father of a teenager with vCJD says his son is 'very stable' and no longer considered terminally ill.
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A 14-month-old Iraqi girl who received free treatment in the United States for a possibly fatal growth in her neck began the trip home Tuesday, about six months after her parents brought her to a U.S. military ...
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SAN SALVADOR -- The first patient of the day was a plump 16-year-old wearing sparkly barrettes, Mary Jane-style shoes, and a shy smile.
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Erik W. Hayes told friends and family that he joined the U.S. Army to help save money for his future. And just last week, that future seemed more certain: He sent an e-mail from Iraq telling friends that he wanted to become an emergency medical technician when he returned to Maryland.
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Health reports show it would have been difficult for Desert Vista High School students to contract bacterial meningitis from a fellow student who is recuperating at an area hospital.
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The military shows its love for unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Ray Oliva went into the spare bedroom in his home in Kelseyville, Calif., to wrestle with his feelings. He didn't know a single soldier at Walter Reed, but he felt he knew them all. He worried about the wounded who were entering the world of military health care, which he knew all too well. His own...
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When 17-year-old Reyniza Sherrell was handed her high school diploma, two of her family members watched with admiration &#151; from thousands of miles away. Sherrell's father is deployed in Iraq and her older sister is stationed at an Air Force base in Ramstein, Germany, but both of them were watching live video online of her graduation Friday night in Clarksville.
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Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Cowie's mission &#151; and dream &#151; of serving in Iraq almost ended before it began when tests on a tumor confirmed the worst: She had breast cancer.
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Ever since Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Kelly lost his right leg to a roadside bomb near Baghdad more than a year ago, he has been on a mission. It was more than just learning how to walk again on a prosthetic limb or figuring out what to do with his life after 13 months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. Kelly, 24, of Prescott, Ariz., saw a need to help other wounded soldiers and their families cope with the financial struggles that come with months of rehabilitation.
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A young girl and her family find ways to handle the challenges of a rare genetic disorder.
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For all the billions of dollars being spent on the war in Iraq, 14-year-old Brittany Bergquist is surprised that the U.S. military doesn't do what she and her little brother are doing: helping soldiers phone home free.
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The 20-year-old boy has been admitted to hospital.
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My brother told me lots of gruesome stories about med school, but the one about assisting a sinus surgeon hit home.
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An Illinois teenager who underwent surgery at sea after her appendix ruptured on a Mexican cruise was to return to the mainland Tuesday aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier that came to her rescue.
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A critically ill Wisconsin teenager who was bitten by a bat recovered after being put into a drug-induced coma and being given antiviral drugs.