20th November 2015
Charlie McLellan had a simple assignment at school: describe your hero. He chose his 6-year-old brother Dan, who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy. “He is special to me because he has poorly muscles but he doesn’t complain ...
17th November 2015
Lucille Horn’s parents were told to plan their baby girl’s funeral – that ‘baby’ is now 95! In the early 20th century, preterm babies – or ‘preemies’ – rarely survived. In fact, most doctors thought it was pointless to try because the ...
13th November 2015
The joy that Becky Concannon felt when she got pregnant with her two daughters was quickly overshadowed with guilt and fear when she learned she had gestational diabetes. Though the condition affects 18% of pregnancies, many people haven’t heard of ...
10th November 2015
Layla’s parents never expected their baby girl to become the poster child for a life-saving new blood cancer treatment. They just wanted her to get better. Having exhausted all treatment options including chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, doctors ...
5th November 2015
Max Page is only ten years old, but he could give the Jedi Knights a run for their money despite the rare heart condition that he’s had since birth. The American actor, who rose to fame after he portrayed ...
22nd October 2015
I thought my daughter’s two-month medical checkup would be pretty straightforward. After all, she was healthy, growing, and already rolling! Then I found out she had hip dysplasia. My daughter is so strong. And yes, everyone thinks their baby ...
17th September 2015
Sarah Ivermee couldn’t have imagined that she’d become an overnight sensation when she gave a friend’s 9-year-old daughter some flowery nail stickers to use for sprucing up the plain beige hearing aids that she was embarrassed to ...
10th September 2015
After 54 hours of labour, Jenny Rose Ryan was exhausted. Cradling her baby boy, she began to relax for the first time in more than two days. But this, believe it or not, was just the beginning her epic story. "Before ...
4th September 2015
Measles are often thought to be a plague of the past, an ancient evil which only haunts some remote areas of the earth, caused by a virus so rare, vaccinations are superfluous. A trip to the past In ancient history, ...
10th July 2015
For mothers like Posha, Lexina, Luchrecia, Rita, Queen and Siphiwe the news that they were pregnant didn’t come with quite as much joy as it does for most expectant mothers. Each year, approximately 1.5 million women living with HIV give ...