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Health Concern: Hearing loss from complications due to chronic ear infections. Treatment: Surgery and hearing aids. While riding his bike or scooter, shooting basketballs or running around the neighborhood with

Health Concern: Ruptured disc. Treatment: Lumbar microdiskectomy. As a competitive agility dog trainer, Sharon Cooper says, “Being broken is not an option. When I can’t run with my dogs, that’s

Health Concern: Obesity and related medical problems. Treatment: Laparoscopic bariatric surgery. “It was an ever-failing attempt to lose weight and improve my health,” Jerry Coogan says of his many dieting

Health Concern: Catastrophic Injuries to arm. Personal Strategy: Extensive surgery and therapy; support from friends. Doctors told Abby Meehan that if she hadn’t made a last-minute, split-second decision, she could

“I’ve never been one to dwell on the bad,” says Cherie Meyers. That attitude has kept Cherie alive and living after receiving one of the toughest diagnoses a

Perhaps the worst thing that can happen to an active person is to be sidelined from doing all the things you love. Laurie McCants was a picture of the

Health Concern: Head, neck and shoulder pain due to malocclusion of teeth. Treatment: Neuromuscular dentistry full-mouth reconstruction. Many people consider teeth grinding a bad habit, but for Carol Rains, it

Health Concern: Concussion. Personal Strategy: ImPACT Concussion Management Program. Swimmer. Volleyball player. Runner. Honor roll student. Concussion sufferer. Fifteen-year-old Kali Lassus is a busy young woman, having experienced a lot

If you’re looking for an opportunity to participate in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), consider pledging a donation to Breastoration. Survivors of breast cancer recently created Breastoration

Talk about your life-changing experiences! A rooftop fall from 14 feet in May 2010 put a major crimp in Steve Jennings’ life. The on-the-job accident shattered his left