FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When it comes to beating the odds, Jean Maggi is a pro. After contracting polio as a child in Argentina and losing his ability to walk on his own, Maggi, 58, remains determined ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Police Department is working to raise money to help a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy receive new orthopedic leg braces after his old pair was stolen on June 9.

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The 'General Hospital' star recalled wearing leg braces after being diagnosed with a degenerative bone disease as a child Cameron Mathison/Instagram, Rodin Eckenroth/Getty General Hospital star ...

Molly Cutler has been living with a neuromuscular disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth since she was 5 years old. But she never let it stop her from doing anything she wanted: from going on school trips ...

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ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A single mother was grateful after a West Michigan company stepped in to help after her daughter's leg braces were stolen. Dominique Purnell was constantly smiling during her ...

It may not have been at the same time other kids take their first steps when learning to walk, but one little boy's parents couldn't be more proud. Five-year-old Bryce was finally able to experience ...