...four days of leadership development, service learning, hard-hitting social issues-suicide awareness, bullying, eating disorders and healthy choices-Zumba, and nearly sixty high school teens who've never met, yet still said yes to attend the RYLA...

...Arena in Anchorage on May 5. Her parents are Paul and Patti Hartley.Megan Neill, a sophomore communication sciences and disorders major from Soldotna, was among more than 1,000 Harding University students included on the dean's list for grades achieved...

...said the community sweeps suicide, depression and bipolar disorder - which Littell's daughter had - under the rug. She lost...said the community does not connect depression or bipolar disorders with suicide. In the past year, one in four Alaskan teens...

...graduate who will be moving out of state to further her schooling. She will be moving to South Carolina to study communication disorders at Bob Jones University. Jennifer said the university has a really good program for her major. "I went to visit (the campus...

...keep it in place." Max Mutch, a Kodiak High School student, said he stayed for the presentation over others on eating disorders and bullying because it seemed like the most relevant topic. Mutch said suicide and depression are talked about "once and...

...Prevention in their new anti-smoking campaign. Patterson knows firsthand, as he was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) at age 44."I go through an event that they call trapping," Patterson explained, "It's an extreme exasperation...

...in the nation.Zaiden is one of 300 children in the U.S. diagnosed with A-T, or ataxia-telangiectasia, a genetic disorder that progressively robs children of their ability to coordinate movement such as walking. Zaiden's mother, Lesley Zacharias...

...only 40 to 50 dogs are given out each year to people with muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, post-traumatic stress disorder and seizures, dad John Cully said."It's going to be a big confidence booster for him," he said. "He won't have...

...inspired him to go running with his 9-year-old daughter, Ainsley, after she was diagnosed with an incurable neurological disorder that keeps her in a wheelchair."Immediately, my family found a therapy. It's a therapy like no other," said Rossiter...

...eye examinations to help detect and prevent eye and vision disorders that could lead to blindness. People with diabetes are at...blindness.Since early warning signs of diabetic eye and vision disorders are often subtle or undetected, the AOA recommends that people-especially...