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Randy and Karen O'Burke together at their son's home in Hendersonville, Tenn., last week. "Apparently, I'm pretty much of a miracle," Randy says.

How To Prevent Brain-Sapping Delirium In The ICU

People who suffer from prolonged delirium in the hospital are likely to develop long-term mental problems like dementia. Doctors have come up with techniques they say can reduce delirium in the ICU.

The Higher Ed Learning Revolution: Tracking Each Student's Every Move

More colleges and universities are exploring how to better use the trove of data they're collecting on their students to improve teaching and learning.

Learning How Bullying Happens In Order To Prevent It

A new national survey asked students about how they experience bullying in order to help educators try to stop it.

Activists Denise Oliver-Velez and Mark D. Naison give advice to the new generation of student activists.

Advice For Student Activists: It's A Marathon, Not A Sprint

Youth activism in America has a long and complicated history. As students flood streets around the country, two activists offer advice to those marching.

First lady Melania Trump speaks about her "Be Best" initiative in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 7.

One Month Later, What's Become Of Melania Trump's 'Be Best' Campaign?

Beyond shining a spotlight on issues related to the well-being of children, it's unclear what the first lady's initiative will involve.

Feranmi Okanlami, a doctor at Michigan Medicine, became partially paralyzed after an accident in 2013, during his medical residency.

Doctors With Disabilities Push For Culture Change In Medicine

Disabled Americans working in medicine are speaking up about their role in the profession. Not only can they perform the work of doctors but they offer a level of empathy others may lack.

Catherine Guthrie decided not to get breast reconstruction after her double mastectomy in 2009. Not Putting on a Shirt is a grassroots advocacy organization that brings attention to the issue of surgeons disregarding breast cancer patients' wishes to go flat.

She Chose To 'Go Flat' And Wants Other Breast Cancer Survivors To Know They Can Too

After her double mastectomy, writer Catherine Guthrie came to embrace her new body, without breast reconstruction. But, she has learned, women have to push the medical system to support this choice.

Peace Corps Volunteer Is As Strong As Legendary Horse Of Kyrgyzstan

She wanted to promote exercise — and challenge the belief that women aren't as physically capable as men. So she jumped into a chilly, choppy lake.

Electric engine sits where a diesel engine used to be in this cargo hauling truck at TransPower headquarters, on Feb. 28, 2018.

Diesel Fuel May Be On The Way Out At California Ports

An Escondido company is helping fuel change in the nation's cargo transportation industry.

A man stands in front of a projection of the virtually recomposed painting The Enchanted Pose by René Magritte at The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium on Tuesday.

80-Year-Old Mystery Cracked As Final Missing Piece Of Magritte Painting Found

The fourth and final portion of a painting cut up in 1932 was revealed in Belgium underneath another work by the surrealist artist.

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