A mom has rejected the offer of a kidney donation from her husband so her 2-year-old daughter can one day benefit from it instead. Bec Vallee was diagnosed with kidney disease when she was 11 ...
Growing up, Bethany remembered her father, Mark Goralski, always going in and out of the hospital for one of his many health issues. “That’s what a combination of Crohn’s, an inflammatory bowel disease, and nephropathy, kidney ...
Dr. Aji Djamali, Maine Medical Center’s Chair of the Department of Medicine, recently donated his kidney to one of his former patients. Ever since he began studying in medical school, he wanted to “walk the ...
Can you help this little boy?
A child going through health problems especially those which are heart-related can be a painful thing for a parent to witness. However, one in 77 children are diagnosed with a heart condition in the United ...
A lot of people believe altruism is not real; that no one would perform an act of kindness unless they had something to gain from it. But then there are stories like these where a ...
Patrick Hardison received devastating injuries in a house fire as he attempted to rescue a woman he believed to be trapped in the blaze. This brave man was left with third-degree burns to his entire ...
It’s no secret that healthcare in the United States is extremely expensive, especially for those who are unable to afford insurance. Lilly Machado, a waitress from Globe, Arizona, now finds herself in a life or ...
What started out as an act of kindness to honor a young woman’s late father, ended up saving the lives of four people. In the beginning of December, Gianna Graw became a living donor when ...
Throughout this pandemic many of us have been able to work from home and stay as safe as possible while others have had no choice but to continue to go out to work. For those ...