Not slowed by new kidney, local nurse works with heart transplant patients. Lynn Kempf lives each day knowing that her body may reject one of her kidneys and she may die. She takes steroids three times a week to ensure that her body continues to accept the kidney she received more than 18 years ago from her sister. Knowing that possibility has never slowed Kempf down. The 39-year-old nurse le

Child abuse hot line The Indiana Chapter of the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse offers the CARE Line, a toll-free information and referral line concerning child abuse and neglect. It's (800) 962-2798. Warning signs consistent and visible in behaviors of abused according to local social workers and sociologists. It's 7 a.m. You awake to a bleeping alarm and instinctively sh

Three members of governor's commission warn that, if services don't increase, the number of victims will continue to rise. Without further services, child abuse in Indiana will increase, not only in number but in severity, the director of the Pleasant Run Children's Homes says. "The number of families in crisis continues to increase, and the funding continues to stay stable or decrease. The st

New medicines and understanding of the ailment helps individuals deal with chronic disease of the nervous system. When 16-year-old Tanisa Strong found out that she had epilepsy, she felt alone and depressed. The Children's Express editor _ and co-author of this story _ says she spent her days in her room "having gigantic pity parties." "A lot of kids try to deny that they have epilepsy," said