A Mother’s Quest to Help Her Son Hear
A cochlear implant helps a child with single-sided deafness.
Clinical Trials, Ear, Nose, and Throat Health, Health, Hearing, Patient Stories, UNC Children's
Stories
Read stories about families who have battled through illnesses and more — because their stories are your stories, too.
The Military’s Silent Threat: Arthritis and Its Debilitating Damage
Researchers are working with the VA to find ways to prevent and treat this leading cause of disability among veterans.
Arthritis
Treatment Brings Hope to Children Facing Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a...
Neurologists can treat spinal muscular atrophy with a new and powerful drug.
Children's Health, Genetics, Neurology
One Couple’s Journey with Primary Progressive Aphasia
This neurocognitive disorder that interferes with language abilities has changed the lives of Russell Flowers and his wife, Mary Jo.
Neurocognitive Disorders
One Man’s Experience with Scoliosis, and a Surgical Solution
Correction surgery helped repair an 80-degree spinal curve.
Back Pain, Surgery
AED Saves Teenager’s Life After Cardiac Arrest
An unexpected collapse highlights the importance of automated external defibrillators in public places.
Heart and Vascular Health, Heart Failure
Growing Up with a Rare Disease
Avery Dixon is like any 10-year-old—except she’s living with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and its complications.
Patient Stories
Spinal Surgery Won’t Keep Her Grounded
70-year-old Beth Welch hurt her back in 2015 in a skydiving accident; now, she’s back to her favorite hobby.
Patient Stories
Boy with Kidney Failure Thrives After Landmark Transplant
At age 3, Bradelyn Douglas received a liver and kidney transplant. Today, he’s a healthy 8-year-old.
Patient Stories, Transplants
Teenage Heart Patient Aspires to Help Others
High school senior Sam Deacon is thriving after overcoming a rare and life-threatening heart condition.
Cardiology, Children's Health, Heart Failure, Patient Stories, Pediatric Medicine
From High-Risk Preemie to Boisterous Boy
David Cumbie was a premature baby who couldn’t breathe or make noises on his own. Now, he’s a thriving first-grader who is talking—a lot!
Children's Health, Patient Care, Patient Stories, Pediatric Medicine
Learning to Live as a Young Mother, After Drugs
A unique residential treatment program gave Katelin Hunter a chance to overcome loss, incarceration and substance abuse.
Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Families, North Carolina, Patient Stories, Substance Abuse