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Like so many victims, the first sign that Ken Jeffries was vulnerable to heart disease was a heart attack—suffered when the 57-year-old was at the airport waiting for a flight. Collapsing to the floor of the Charlotte Douglas Int. Airport, he has his lucky stars to thank for his flight being…

A set of grandparents in rural Nova Scotia are likely looking for where to frame a handwritten letter from their granddaughter, who wrote them a postcard from summer camp. But the only reason they got the opportunity in the first place was because of the “decency” of a Canada Post worker,…

A proud grandmother danced into the night at her granddaughter’s wedding, despite doctors predicting she would never live to see the day. Doreen Cooke has been dealing with a heart condition called aortic stenosis for several years, which blocks blood flow in the aortic valve. She was told late last year…

A man living with a facial disease has quit his job to focus on helping children who are bullied for being different. Amit Ghose was born with neurofibromatosis type 1, a condition that causes tumors to grow along nerves. But the 34-year-old took a “leap of faith” recently when he quit…

Two dogs have been trained to sniff out post-traumatic stress by smelling survivors’ breath—with an accuracy success rate following initial training of 90 percent. Scientists say the breakthrough will make post-traumatic stress disorder support dogs more effective. PTSD is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event such as…

I have a pet mouse that I hand raised since she was 10 days old. She was originally supposed to be snake food, but the snake wouldn’t eat her so I decided to raise her instead. I never believed she would actually pull through— she was so small. But she did…

On this day in 1912, Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma. The folk singer and songwriter who traveled with farmers displaced during the Dust Bowl, became famous for writing “This Land Is Your Land.” He was a major influence on Bruce Springsteen and the young Bob Dylan, whom he mentored…