Get Your Body Moving to Put the Brakes on Early Parkinson's, Study Says
A new study suggests that people with early-stage Parkinson's disease who regularly got one to two hours of moderate exercise twice a week, fare better.
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Self-Compassion Is Actually Good for Your Heart Health
Self-compassion is actually good for your heart health, a new study from the University of Pittsburgh has found.
Yale Researchers Develop mRNA-Based Lyme Disease Vaccine
Researchers at Yale University have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that has been successfully curing Lyme Disease in clinical trials.
New Simple Therapy Offers Potentially Groundbreaking Treatment Option for ALS and Other Autoimmune Diseases
Coya Therapies recent phase 2 trial of their T-regulatory cell treatment for ALS halted the disease's progression with no side-effects.
Prostate Cancer Breakthrough: Protein That Stops Tumor Growth is Discovered
A protein that stops prostate tumor growth was discovered by Washington University School of Medicine scientists studying drug-resistance.
Coffee and Tea Drinking May be Associated With Reduced Rates of Stroke and Dementia
A new study from PLOS has found that tea and coffee drinking may be associated with reduced rates of dementia and stroke.
Woman Becomes 'Natural Suppressor' of HIV as Her Body Completely Clears the Disease - Doctors Find Only Antibodies
A remarkable 30-year old Argentinian woman was cured of HIV by her own immune systems, doctors say after 8 years with no viral detection.
Caregiver Wins TEDx Award For Helping Others With Ill Relatives
I was a caregiver for my ill parents and my wife and realized exactly how overwhelming the role of the caregiver can become. I looked for ways to alleviate the distress of caregivers, to help them in their day-to-day life and created Bucket Line Foundation.
Stage 4 Brain Tumor Survivor: 12 Years Cancer-Free and Running Marathons
This is a true story of an ordinary man named Liam Ryan who beat huge odds against stage 4 brain cancer. Not only does he have one of the most astonishing and heart lifting survival stories, but he has abundant determination, resilience and spirited generosity. Liam is undeniably the most inspirational man I've ever known.
Radio Show Sparks Good Deed Movement
The Bobby Bones Show, a nationally-syndicated radio morning show, has sparked a movement that reminds people to be joyful in honor of a co-host's mother, who recently died of cancer.
Boy With Cancer Gets Secret Gifts for Over a Year
In the last 14 months, more than a dozen mystery packages have arrived for a 6-year-old boy diagnosed with cancer and, often, for his three siblings and parents. Packages would show up outside their Illinois home, sometimes arriving when the family was inside the house, but never with any trace of the source's identity, other than the signature "Dylan's Secret Pal."
Calif. Firefighters Shave Heads In Support Of Kids With Cancer
"Whenever we can help a sick kid, we're going to do everything we can," said one Orange City firefighter Tuesday as he and his colleagues shaved their heads to show support for patients at the children's hospital. Between 40 and 50 firefighters visited patients at the hospital in a fun hair-shaving ceremony of solidarity.
Boy is Freed From his Wheelchair by Magic of Photography
Twelve-year-old Luka suffers from muscular dystrophy - a cruel degenerative disease which confines him to a wheelchair and will make him weaker and weaker over time. But a friend and photographer Matej Peljhan has allowed him to create an imaginary world where he can shoot a basketball, climb stairs and even perform a handstand.
Tennessee Town Unites to Make Wishes Come True for Dying Teen
Dying of cancer, Katelyn Norman, 14, created a bucket list. She wanted to dance at her prom and learn to drive, so her Tennessee high school organized ‘Light the Night for Kate,' preparing an elegant evening with all her favorite things and lining the road with candles for her to drive home.
Breakthrough Treatment for Hepatitis C Shows 100% Success
Science has done it again: 20 out of 20 people have been cured of hepatitis C.
Good Idea Spreads: Window-Washers in Super Hero Garb Wow Kids in Hospital
At children's hospitals around the country, window washers are dressing up as super heroes and doing their part to help kids feel better.
Dying Wife Gives Husband a Final Gift, 29 Cobra Sports Cars Show Up to Give Him a Ride
They both have terminal cancer but Kathleen Rinard has only days to live and wanted to give her husband one final gift. He always wanted to ride in a Cobra convertible sports car, so Kathleen called an auto club for help. Instead of a single convertible rolling up to their Arizona hospice, 29 Cobras arrived revving their engines in a neat row outside.
Photographers Create Beautiful Portraits for 20,000 Children With Cancer
A national non-profit group, Flashes of Hope, photographs children who are facing serious health issues, in an effort to change how they view themselves. To date, more than 22,000 children have sat for portraits by skilled artists who know how to capture the spark in each person. The portraits, taken by award-winning photographers who volunteer their time along with make-up and hair stylists, preserve forever the beauty, grace and dignity of the children and their families.
Miracle Cancer Survivor Makes Wishes Come True for Sick Kids
In 1995, Grayson Gilbert had been diagnosed with a cancer so rare in children that the doctors were entering uncharted territory when prescribing aggressive chemotherapy and surgery. At 22 years old, the Maryland boy survived so long, he now has a charity to help ailing children meet their heroes.
Transplant Nurse Donates Own Kidney to Patient
The way Clay Taber looks at it, he's got three moms now, after a transplant nurse, practically a stranger, donated one of her healthy kidneys so that he might start married life untethered to a dialysis machine. When she heard a young 22-year-old man was in renal failure, she said, "It just tore me up."
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