A year ago I was pregnant with my first child, beyond excited to be starting our family. At our 20-week ultrasound, we were told there was something “wrong” with our baby and she likely had skeletal dysplasia. From that point, the doctors asked both my husband and me if we wanted to terminate our pregnancy. […]
TV commercial star continues running past physical barriers despite spina bifida
He’s got a made-for-TV smile and a spirit that just won’t quit. When 8-year-old John Lamm walks, runs, plays hockey and even breakdances around his hometown of Girard, Ohio, you wouldn’t know about the difficult odds he overcame; nor the 29 surgeries he’s endured. As documented in a popular 30-second television commercial for Akron Children’s […]
Can the obesity epidemic be reversed in utero?
It’s no secret childhood obesity in this country is a growing problem. In the United States, about 12.7 million children and adolescents are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 9 percent of babies and children up to age 5 are obese, compared to 17.5 percent of kids aged 6 to […]
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