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Patient Stories

Life before vaccines: Meningitis B

'There is not one hour that goes by that I don't think about her': A mother's story

Patient Stories

Life before vaccines: Diphtheria

A public health historian describes the horrific effects of 'throat distemper'

Patient Stories

Tourette diagnoses led a family to proud advocacy

A Massachusetts family, spurred by the triple diagnosis of a neurological condition, is contributing to cutting-edge research on the syndrome their children share

Patient Stories

A voice in the darkness: How a nurse formed a special bond with a family in anguish

During the hardest times, help can sometimes come from a simple phone call.

Patient Stories

Caring for caregivers

When a Massachusetts mom needed a hand, fast, a big-hearted stranger was there

Patient Stories

He had surgery, and everything went wrong - except for one special connection

A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts nurse case manager guided a Shrewsbury man through life-threatening complications this year, in what he describes as a vital partnership.

Patient Stories

Taylor Carol, the boy who lived

Taylor Carol didn’t stand a chance. Diagnosed with a rare form of childhood leukemia at the age of 10, doctors gave him just two weeks to live. Yet the little boy and his parents refused to give up.

Patient Stories

Glennon Doyle shares how she became a "Warrior"

Glennon Doyle is brutally honest. She’s also thoughtful, smart and sweetly funny. So when this best-selling author talks about addiction, mental illness, racism or raising children in a world gone amok, it’s no surprise that people take notice.

Patient Stories

Tatyana McFadden's journey from orphan to world champion

Few athletes have achieved as much glory as Tatyana McFadden. She was the first to win four major marathons in a single year, the first to win six gold medals at the World Championships and is a five-time racing world-record holder. But life wasn’t always so golden.

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