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From his wheelchair, 71-year-old Ken Sternfeld spends several hours a week building his strength with the help of an aide.The retired New York pharmacist and his wife, Ronnie Sternfeld, who is also medically challenged, get...

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An operation nearly 20 years ago left Donna Davies in constant pain but she only felt believed by medics after her husband spoke up.Donna, 56, now requires her large bowel to be removed because of her vaginal mesh medical...

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Wentworth, who describes himself as "queer and disabled", has recently had a series of urological problems. He says doctors often attribute his symptoms to his cerebral palsy first, rather than attempting to properly diagnose issues."The thing is, disabled people...

Taylor Farms on Friday said it is "voluntarily removing" iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico after it was linked to one of the largest outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. in recent years. "While the FDA traceback is...

Sleepless nights are a reality for many of us: parents of newborns, students cramming for tests, people struggling with insomnia. We all know...

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Growing up in Colombia, Diana Grass had a simple response whenever someone told her something was impossible.“I’ll figure it out.”It’s a phrase that she still lives by today as PhD candidate in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and...

A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell is being investigated as a possible source for a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, a source familiar with the investigation told CBS News on...