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She's known as the Mother of Holistic Medicine and Dr. Gladys McGarey has been making a difference since the 1940s. Now 90, Dr. McGarey says it's not too late to change the way we approach our own health and what we expect from those who care for us.

By age 16, Leon Fleisher was performing at Carnegie Hall, but then he was struck by a rare disease that robbed him of the use of his right hand. He sought a cure and learned to be a one-handed concert pianist.

Cancer is a disease of moments and months. Follow Meg Gaffney on her journey to finding a tattoo artist for the next step in her journey.

Health care. Two words that stir passions and causes discussions. Author Shannon Brownlee is one woman who believes health care in America needs fixing and she's taking it upon herself to make the change.

When Bob Lee survived colon cancer, he put his pedals to the metal to raise money for the disease.

Eileen Miller's daughter Kim suffers from autism, but the two are now working together to prove that art is a universal language that can unlock the amazing gifts that those with autism have.

Triathlete Tony Handler was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given two years to live. That was 25 years ago. Since then, he's beaten cancer six times and has been named the winner of the first-ever Growing Bolder Award presented by GrowingBolder.com.

Bob Becker is doing whatever it takes to not only find a cure for prostate cancer, but to prevent other men from getting the devastating diagnosis.

She's cycling for a cause, and not only changing the world -- changing her own life for the better! See what Lynn Smythe, aka the Bike Diva, says about heroes, having fun, and staying active.

At age 68, Larry Pontius had a life expectancy counted in single-digit days. He was struggling to find hope and then he got a phone call.