A group of talented surgeons from the Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal) recently accomplished a remarkable feat – they performed the first face transplant in Canada. Led by the renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Daniel Borsuk, in collaboration with the University of Montréal, this groundbreaking procedure offered new hope to a scarred 64-year-old man. With this […]
As a young child Emiliana Rodríguez recalls watching friends play a nighttime game of soccer, where one of the players suddenly dropped dead on the field. Not knowing what had happened, the Bolivian-born Rodríguez grew fearful of the night, afraid of the silent killer called Chagas, the “monster” she was told only comes out at […]
Everyone who’s ever expected a child know just what the anticipation can feel like. Expecting two at once can thus naturally be even more overwhelming. Matt and Jodi Parry certainly had double the emotion when they learned they were pregnant with twins. The couple already had a son and looked forward to welcoming two more […]
Marco Sanchez was one several Graves County jail inmates who were working inside the Mayfield candle factory when a tornado ripped through the area last December. Despite suffering severe injuries, Sanchez was able to free himself and then help others escape the pile of rubble. This week he was honored for not only “quite possibly […]
Rakesh Shukla, founder of a software company in India, spends 3-4 days a week in a farm, where he handles 735 dogs Most dogs are wandering dogs, others were abandoned by their owners. “I’m the last stop for these dogs”, said Shukla to the BBC. “They are no longer considered cute and sweet. Most of […]
During a party, a promising teen athlete was lured into an ambush and brutally beaten. As the victim lay in a coma, his family decided there was good reason to file a lawsuit. Cole Hagan, 16, was hospitalized and faced with the possibility of never fully recovering from his injuries after he was ambushed and […]
After a mom sold her dead son’s bed at a yard sale, she was surprised when the buyer returned days later. Then, he shocked her even further when he told her to look in the trunk. That’s when she began to cry. Valerie Watts, a young mother from Cokato, Minnesota, tragically learned firsthand how difficult […]
A desperate, elderly man rushed into Walmart and asked an employee for immediate help. She took one look at him and quickly refused, telling him, “No way.” He was confused and asked why she wouldn’t help — and when she told him, his jaw hit the floor. Cecil Rodgers (Photo Credit: YouTube) Cecil Rodgers, an […]