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Why, now that doctors can do so much with advancements in modern medicine, are they turning their backs on the patients who need them most, and saying it’s for their own good? A terminally ill child’s death should not be determined by a panel of doctors and a judge. Parents should have a say in the decision to maintain life-extending care. But in Texas, Fourth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice Sandee Bryan Marion went along with the determination of doctors at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth to pull life support from 11-month-old Tinslee Lewis, despite her family’s...

A baby boy weighing just 268 grams (9.45 oz) at birth was sent home after months in a Tokyo hospital, the smallest surviving male baby in the world, Keio University hospital said. The boy was born through Caesarean-section last August after he failed to gain weight during the pregnancy and doctors feared his life was in danger doctors feared his life was in danger

Kendall Shanks chewed on a few grains of rice like she was working on a porterhouse steak. Her mother, Brenda Cook, was astonished. "Oh my gosh! Look at Kendall!" her mother cried, maybe just a little too loud for a restaurant. As the 2 1/2-year-old continued her vigorous efforts, Mom pretended to chew with cartoonish exaggeration and praised her daughter more boisterously. "Kendall's such a big girl!" she said, her eyes filling with tears. She and Kendall's dad, James Shanks, giggled at their toddler's performance. It was only later they wondered what other diners thought of their response to a...