Bounding Back From the Brink: 7-Year-Old's Bubbly Spirit After Near-Fatal Illness Inspires Family
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By Barbara Isaacs, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 3--The scuffed and worn Spider-Man legs have seen much better days -- just what Wayne Cottle likes to see.
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A 5-year-old San Diego County child infected with the West Nile virus has developed the life-threatening complications typical of severe cases, but health officials aren&#39;t certain if
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The family of a student who died from an undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis welcomes efforts to improve diagnosis.
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Evel Knievel has trouble now just walking from his condo to the pool. The &#039;70s cultural icon and poster boy for fast living and derring-do is 67, his body broken by years of spectacular crashes and ravaged by a multitude of serious ailments. The king of the daredevils can hardly get out of bed most days, let alone straddle a Harley.
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An 8-year-old boy's continuing journey to break free of the grip of autism reflects a struggle that more than 150,000 American children have faced in the past decade.
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Seventeen-year-old Shane Rich of Kensington in Cape Town was diagnosed with leukaemia four months ago. On Monday, his elder sister Jane lay patiently in hospital for seven hours as her stem cells were harvested in an attempt to save Shane&#39;s life.
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By Stacy Shelton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Sep. 15--Clare Hindman's family thought she'd had a stroke. When she  spoke at a community meeting in a church, a friend thought she'd been  drinking.
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Six-month-old Victor Harding lived most of his short life in pain, suffering from a medical condition that made it difficult for him to digest food, people close to the boy&#39;s family said.
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Daniel Kerner's parents knew the experimental brain surgery was risky, but without it the 6-year-old surely would die. Last month in Portland, Ore., doctors for the first time transplanted stem cells from aborted fetuses into his head in a desperate bid to reverse, or at least slow, a rare genetic disorder called Batten disease. The so-far incurable condition normally results in blindness and paralysis before death.
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Sometimes hope wins. Out of all the stories we read this week the one that was most inspiring was that of Jeanna Giese, the 15-year-old Fond du Lac girl who contracted rabies after she was bitten by a bat
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Many desperate parents dealing with depressed or out-of-control kids have found that medication has helped bring some normalcy to family life.
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A therapist helps to rebuild functions (and families) shattered by brain trauma.
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A Wisconsin girl, 15, survives a bat bite after being put into coma in &quot;an informed gamble.&quot;. By Kawanza L. Griffin. Milwaukee - Her fragile nervous system was rapidly deteriorating when Milwaukee doctors
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There had been warning signs for years before 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown died from a vicious blow to the head.
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By the time she was 8 years old, J.B. had been hospitalized 200 times  and had undergone more than 40 operations, including the removal of most of her  intestines. K.C., a 2-year-old boy, was hospitalized more than 20 times due to  complications from asthma, severe pneumonia, mysterious infections, and sudden  fevers. His doctors were baffled and unable to determine the cause of these  illnesses. In a family with five children, one after another died of sudden infant  death syndrome (SIDS).
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By helping children abroad, an American couple sought to create a legacy for their son, who died of a heart ailment.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- The last time Amiruddin saw his shy 7-year-old daughter was three weeks ago when the tsunami snatched her away.