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Poet writes to bring others hope, healing
When I contacted Clay Harrison, Readers' Choice winner of the 2013 Daily Press poetry contest, to chat with him about his work, he told me he'd been in his yard, tending his garden. It didn't take more than a few minutes of conversation for me to...
Tags: Poetry, Hampton Roads, Sports, Alzheimer's Disease
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$150,000 donation to fund stem cell research
A Newport Beach nonprofit donated $150,000 toward stem cell research that could slow or reverse heart damage in patients, including those with a specific muscular dystrophy condition, the organization announced last week. Coalition Duchenne gave the...Tags: Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Attack
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Bethlehem blogging sensation takes his wheelchair on tour
HealthHere's a man who is as Bob Dylan would say: "Busy living." Shane Burcaw a 20-year-old blogging sensation who is living a with a rare form of muscular dystrophy has blossomed since his story first ran on the front of The Morning Call's 2011 Christmas Eve... -
Foster children with disabilities bond with all the pretty horses
Nearly two dozen foster children with a variety of disabilities spent time on Sunday petting, grooming and becoming friends with horses at Orlando's Trotters Park. "He just loves animals so much, that for him to be able to come out here and be with...
Tags: Cerebral Palsy, Science and Technology, Autism, Physical Disabilities, Orlando
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Bethlehem blogger Shane Burcaw launches Laughing at My Nightmare tour
Here's a man who is, as Bob Dylan would say, "busy living." Shane Burcaw, a 20-year-old blogging sensation, is living with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. He has blossomed since his story first ran on the front page of The Morning Call's 2011...
Tags: Washington, DC, Apple MacBook Pro, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (tv program), Butztown, Panera Bread Company
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Nemours patients help firefighters 'Fill the Boot' for muscular dystrophy fundraiser
Starting today, community members will begin seeing firefighters holding out their yellow boots at many local intersections as part of the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Fill the Boot Campaign. This year area firefighters have some back up...
Tags: Muscular Dystrophy Association, Hospitals and Clinics, Research, Fires
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MDA goodwill ambassador knows why Joan Jett was chosen for concert
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGThe adolescent national goodwill ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association is just 12, but he instinctively read the reasoning behind getting Joan Jett to perform for the 26th annual Ride for Life celebration sponsored by Harley-Davidson on... -
Bethlehem student launches "Make Ellen Laugh" on Twitter
TV WatchersShane Burcaw wants to be on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." So the 20-year-old Moravian College student who has been in a wheelchair all his life has set off a "twitter bomb" today asking supporters to tweet Ellen DeGeneres requests to...... -
Northwestern receives $12 million grant to aid research on aphasia
More Americans suffer from aphasia — a brain disorder in which a person loses the ability to understand or express words — than Parkinson's disease or muscular dystrophy. But few in the public have heard of the disease. Thanks to a major...Tags: Science and Technology, Northwestern University, Medical Research, Physical Conditions, Parkinson's Disease
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Chris Mills
Chris Mills, 26, Clark, died April 30, 2013, at Sioux Falls following complications due to muscular dystrophy. Visitation on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Furness Funeral Home at Clark and on Monday after 9 a.m. Funeral services on Monday, May 6,... -
At the Festival: Friday
Highlights for Friday at the Newport Beach Film Festival: * Pilot Picks The Secret Disco Revolution Documentary by Jamie Kastner about the music-and-dance scene of the 1970s. 5:45 p.m.; Island Cinema 7. Dusty's Trail: Summit of Borneo Newport...Tags: Festive Events, Ethan Embry, Music, Arts and Culture, Michael Gladis
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People behind films are stars in their own right
Doug Penikas received his acceptance to the Newport Beach Film Festival in the most unceremonious of ways — an email that landed in his junk folder. "I didn't believe it," he said. "I thought it was a hoax. Especially when I couldn't tell anyone...
Tags: Festive Events, Entertainment Events, Skype, Action (Movie Genre), Arts and Culture
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