Ashley Dumais’ Heart Stopped During Swim Meet… Now Entire High School Knows CPR
Unbeknownst to the timer, the coach or anyone in the crowd, Ashley had gone into cardiac arrest....
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Emily Robinson Creates Video Of Her Mother To Show Human Side Of Schizophrenia
“Hey look, there’s a real person in there that belongs to someone, who’s loved by someone, who loves other people, just like we all do as humans.” ...
My Reflections On Eating Disorder Recovery
"Recovery was my personal commitment to me to embrace the joy in my life. It was about counting blessings instead of calories." ...
Healing Rejection From 15 Years Of Living With An STD
"In the 18 years I have been having sex, only 3 have been free of this stain, this shame backpack that I have been carrying around with me for far too long."...
Why Is Contraception Still “Women’s Work”?
"Where the hell is male birth control?"...
12-Year-Old Learns CPR During 911 Call To Save Mom
The story has a happy ending, but it underscores the importance of CPR and the need to learn it before there’s a crisis....
From Myopia To NoMoPhobia… Watch How The Cell Phone Is Changing Us In Body And Brain
When looking down at your phone the angle of your spine "is equivalent to that of an 8-year-old child sitting on your neck." What else is happening to us......
When Stroke Happens… At Age 27
Ten minutes after crossing the finish line, my left side is completely immobile, and I hear the words, “You are having a stroke.”...
Georgia Rooks Dwelle… Pioneering Doctor Dedicated To Black Women’s Health
Despite considerable discrimination, Dwelle continued to believe that "'competent women physicians' could find or create their own opportunities..."...