If you visit the Chicago Air Museum (now called the Museum of Science and Industry) you can see the actual plane the Wright brothers flew, on the world’s first leap into the sky. It is an amazing museum, well worth your time and the sixteen-dollar admission fee. But one of the most interesting exhibits might
Meet February’s Champions Award recipient, Kristin Macdonald. Kristin’s dream was to work in Hollywood as an actress and television host, but her plans were altered after she was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). Consequently, she decided to work behind the scenes in entertainment. RP is a rare degenerative condition that causes blindness over time. Kristin
“How do you do?” The voice on the line was deep, confident, self-assured. I tried to think what to say. “Um, do you like sharks and dolphins? Because I used to be a diver for Marine World Africa USA, and I would swim with them every day!” There was a polite pause, then: “Finding Nemo,
In 1951, I was six years old and living in a hospital bed. I had asthma/bronchitis, which may not sound like much, nowadays. But every inhalation was a separate wheezing effort, and a choice: to struggle and breathe, or relax and die. There were injections of adrenaline which burned like liquid fire, and experimental drugs
October 11, 2017 is Stem Cell Awareness Day, a day when we celebrate the progress we've made and look forward to the future of stem cell research as it continues to revolutionize medicine.
Imagine if you went home from work and found one of your family members—your wife, husband, maybe your child—changing into somebody else? Sound like one of those 1950’s monster movies, “I Married a Monster from Outer Space”? Unfortunately, this is grim reality. This year, one in ten thousand Americans will be diagnosed with Huntington’s disease
