Health

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (769+ words) Four years ago, my husband and I sat in a hospital room in Ann Arbor, waiting. Our son, Max, was just 3 years old and needed a bone marrow transplant. Somewhere over the Atlantic, a courier was heading our way with…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (17+ words) BBC Autumn, 4, starts school after stem cell treatment...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (162+ words) Bamber Bridge Women's Shed will host their first coffee afternoon. The event will raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, which is 98 per cent funded by voluntary donations. It is being held at Carr Street Community Centre in Bamber Bridge on…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (138+ words) Most systems back online after regional hospital outage CTV News A critical technology malfunction hit the five hospitals in the Erie St Clair Region early Saturday morning, affecting multiple systems TransForm Shared Service Organization says it has been working around…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (245+ words) Birmingham gears up for Brum Transport Fest with one month to go A leading Midlands law firm has announced Birmingham Children’s Hospital as its charity of the year and will spend the next 12 months raising vital funds for them. Law…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (454+ words) Peter Kay is to perform a one-off show in Blackpool next month to raise funds for a teenager's vital heart operation. Fin Cormack, from Prenton, Merseyside, has a rare condition called Ebstein's anomaly and has had several major heart surgeries,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (542+ words) Laughter is proving to be powerful medicine for young patients in Glasgow. A team of Clowndoctors from the charity Hearts & Minds has doubled its visits to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, now appearing two days each week to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (383+ words) The clowndoctors will be making more visits(Image: Supplied) A big-hearted charity is increasing its special clowndoctor visits to the Glasgow Children's Hospital in a bid to keep spirits high. Hearts & Minds' award-winning clowndoctors currently visit the Royal Hospital for…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (146+ words) EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of outreach columns from the Champaign County Board of Developmental Disabilities. In our Community and Education Department (CEO), we launched a new program for youth career exploration. Students visited a variety of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (222+ words) KultureCity officially unveiled plans Saturday night for the first-of-its-kind National Accessibility Park at the historic Powell Steam Plant in downtown Birmingham. The National Accessibility Park, or NAP, is designed to help people navigate disability, build futures and strengthen communities. It…...