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    Ora Mor Yosef, a quadriplegic Israeli woman, had a surrogate child via a niece who underwent the procedure in India and gave birth in Israel. But Israeli authorities, including the High Court, ruled against Mor Yosef, and the baby has been in foster care
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    Quadriplegic Israeli Woman Challenges Surrogacy Rules, And Loses A Child

    Jul 16, 2015
    Ora Mor Yosef had a surrogate child via her niece, who underwent the procedure in India and gave birth in Israel. Israeli authorities ruled against Mor Yosef and the baby was placed in foster care.
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    A photo of Brittany Maynard, who moved to Oregon to end her life as she was dying of brain cancer, sits on the dais of the California Senate's health committee in March.
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    Lacking Votes, California Assembly Shelves Aid In Dying Bill

    Jul 07, 2015
    Proponents of a bill that would let doctors give dying people lethal prescriptions ran into opposition from Latino Democrats. Backers say they're not through trying for approval.
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    Jennifer Glass found out she had lung cancer four months after she got married. Here, her first round of chemo in February 2013.
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    'No One Should Have The Right To Prolong My Death'

    Jul 07, 2015
    Jennifer Glass was a newlywed when she was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. "I'm doing everything I can to extend my life," she says, while advocating for a right-to-die law in California.
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    Nancy Albert, Kate Klein and Nancy Kaser collaborated on a study of early mobility for patients with brain injuries.
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    People With Brain Injuries Heal Faster If They Get Up And Get Moving

    Jul 06, 2015
    Doctors tell surgical patients to get out of bed as soon as possible, but people with brain injuries are encouraged to rest. Now it looks like activity can benefit brain injured patients, too.
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    Children born to older moms and dads tend to have higher rates of autism, but researchers aren't sure why.
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    More Evidence That Parents' Ages Could Influence Autism Risk

    Jun 10, 2015
    A large, international study found that kids born to older parents had higher rates of autism. Having a teen mom or parents with a large gap between their ages also increased the autism odds.
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    Jenny, who is 10 years older than Kevin, broke off an engagement and left her job so she could move with him to Maryland.
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    The Hard Work Of Waiting For A Hand Transplant

    Jun 09, 2015
    Kevin Lopez was born missing the fingers on his right hand. Now 20, Lopez has been on a waiting list for a hand transplant since turning 18.
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    Nicholas Wildman and his mom, Mary, in 2015.
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    Are The Vaccine Court's Requirements Too Strict?

    Jun 03, 2015
    Before awarding compensation, the court wants a "preponderance of evidence" that a vaccine caused the injury. Some years, the nearly $4 billion fund earns more interest than it pays out in claims.
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    The U.S. vaccine court determined that the temporary paralysis Lisa Smith experienced in 2005, a few days after a flu shot, may have been a rare side effect of the immunization.
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    Vaccine Court Aims To Protect Patients And Vaccines

    Jun 02, 2015
    It has been nearly 30 years since Congress established a special court to help keep good vaccines on the market and fairly compensate the rare person who has a severe reaction. Who wins these cases?
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    "All of our senses give us the ability to experience very different worlds," Swiller says.
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    Deaf Jam: Experiencing Music Through A Cochlear Implant

    May 18, 2015
    After swapping hearing aids for a cochlear implant, Sam Swiller's taste in music shifted dramatically, from grunge rock to folk. Now scientists are trying to improve how implants relay music.
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    Sec. Sylvia Burwell, head of HHS, says Florida was alerted a year ago that federal funding of the program to reimburse hospitals would end June 30, 2015.
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    Fla. Governor Leaves Meeting With U.S. Health Secretary Empty-Handed

    May 06, 2015
    Despite a "good conversation" with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, Gov. Rick Scott gets no sign that Florida will receive the more than $1 billion he wants for health care.
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    Schulz says his diet was "lousy" before Sundby started cooking for him.
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    Drop-In Chefs Help Seniors Stay In Their Own Homes

    Apr 27, 2015
    As people age, cooking can become difficult or even physically impossible. It's one reason people move to assisted living. One company offers a chef to cook healthy, affordable meals at home.
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    Young Adults With Autism More Likely To Be Unemployed, Isolated

    Apr 21, 2015
    More than half of young people with autism had neither a job nor educational plans in the first two years after high school, a study finds.
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    Netflix's<em> Daredevil </em>stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock. The show marks the first time Netflix has released audio descriptions for its original programming.
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    After Fan Pressure, Netflix Makes 'Daredevil' Accessible To The Blind

    Apr 18, 2015
    The series stars a blind superhero — but at first, it lacked audio descriptions for the visually impaired. Netflix has added that option, but the issue raises larger questions of online accessibility.
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    Martha Galvis has undergone 16 surgeries on her left hand, which was injured by a bomb at the 2013 Boston Marathon.
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    Marathon Bombing Survivors Face A World That Still Feels Out Of Control

    Apr 15, 2015
    Martha and Alvaro Galvis were wounded in 2013's bombing of the Boston Marathon. One of the hardest things to deal with, they say, is the feeling that something random and scary could happen again.
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    In sheltered workshops, people with disabilities are paid according to how quickly they're able to complete tasks. Usually, they make well below minimum wage. At Production Unlimited, they make office supplies, safety equipment and binders for the U.S. A
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    Advocates Fight To Keep Sheltered Workshops For Workers With Disabilities

    Apr 14, 2015
    Such workshops are being closed across the U.S., more than 15 years after the Supreme Court said separate work settings constitute discrimination. But advocates say clients have nowhere else to go.
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    Rio has hosted competitions that include athletes with physical impairments (above: the open water swim at Copacobana beach for the Rei e Rainha do Mar). But there's never been an event on the scale of the Paralympics.
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    On A Scale Of 1 To 10, Brazil Gets A Zero For Disability Access

    Apr 08, 2015
    Brazil is hosting not just the Olympics in 2016 but also the Paralympics. And activists for the disabled say Rio de Janeiro has a long and potholed road ahead of it to get ready for the games.
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    Johnny Reynolds ignored diabetes symptoms and put off going to the doctor for years when he didn't have health insurance. He was afraid he couldn't afford treatment.
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    States That Expand Medicaid Detect More Cases Of Diabetes

    Mar 23, 2015
    Researchers say their study suggests that more diabetes is being detected in particular states because, thanks to Medicaid, more poor people have access to screening and care.
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    Microbiologist Jennifer Doudna at the University of California, Berkeley. She's co-inventor of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology — a tool that's recently made the snipping and splicing of genes much easier.
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    Scientists Urge Temporary Moratorium On Human Genome Edits

    Mar 20, 2015
    Researchers who helped develop powerful techniques warn that tweaking the genome is now easy. More public debate's needed, they say, before making changes in genes passed from parent to child.
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    Greg and Mary Catherine O'Brien with their kids, at daughter Colleen's marriage to Matt Everett last August. Greg has early-onset Alzheimer's. From left, Brendan O'Brien, Greg O'Brien, Colleen O'Brien, Matt Everett, Mary Catherine O'Brien, and Conor O'Br
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    Supporting A Spouse With Alzheimer's: 'I Don't Get Angry Anymore'

    Mar 07, 2015
    Mary Catherine O'Brien says when she married her husband, Greg, in 1977, he was funny and outgoing. Alzheimer's disease has stolen much of that, she says, but the two are closer than ever.
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    If You Have Dementia, Can You Hasten Death As You Wished?

    Feb 18, 2015
    Margaret Bentley, a woman in British Columbia, didn't want food or liquids if she became mentally disabled. But a nursing home is refusing to stop feeding her, even though she has Alzheimer's.
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    Panel Says Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is A Disease, And Renames It

    Feb 11, 2015
    "Systemic exertion intolerance disease" might not fall trippingly off the tongue, but an Institute of Medicine panel says it better matches the symptoms. The disease, it says, is real.
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    Quaglia, center, joins a "Rock Steady" cheer at the end of a boxing class.
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    Fight Parkinson's: Exercise May Be The Best Therapy

    Feb 02, 2015
    Several times a week, Mike Quaglia dons bright red boxing gloves and pummels a hundred-pound punching bag. He has Parkinson's disease, and the boxing helps alleviate his symptoms.
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    The Dexcom Share device is designed to help monitor glucose levels remotely.
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    Diabetes Technology Inches Closer To An Artificial Pancreas

    Jan 30, 2015
    It's not easy to build machines that control sugar as well as a human pancreas does, but the technology is getting a lot better. The goal is to liberate people on insulin from constant vigilance.
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    Around the Nation
    Steven Hiner, with his sister Elizabeth and his mother Carol Hiner, visited the Pacific Science Center before regular hours, so Steven could enjoy the exhibits without the crowds or bright lights.
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    By Dimming Its Lights, Museum Opens Doors For Kids With Autism

    Jan 26, 2015
    Loud noises, bright lights and crowded spaces can be painful for children with autism. That often means missing out on museums. Some, like Seattle's Pacific Science Center, are addressing the problem.
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    Julee-anne Bell used to be afraid to venture out in the world without holding onto someone's arm.
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    A Blind Woman Gains New Freedom, Click By Click By Click

    Jan 23, 2015
    Blind since birth, Julee-anne Bell learned to get by better on her own with echolocation, a method explored in this week's Invisibilia. But along the way, she found that independence came with costs.
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