When Heidi Janssen made the decision to become a nurse 24 years ago, it was her passion for making a difference in someone else’s life that fueled her career choice.

We get an inside look at Life Star, the air ambulance service available to all emergency/critical care patients within a 150-mile radius surrounding bases in Hartford, Meriden and Norwich. Between 1,200 and 1,400 patients are transported annually by Life Star.

In honor of Veterans Day we share a special story. Joe Allsop, a Veteran, went from serving on the battlefield to having excruciating headaches. He found help at the Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor and had some of the best surgeons help through it all. Find out how he’s doing now.

Georgette Sutherland hops in a car waiting to take her to her the Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center- part of the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute. She’s been coming to Hartford Hospital for medical care for six year, after being diagnosed with stage four lymphoma. But sometimes, rather than focus on the fight against —she found herself worry...

Young mom, Anatasiya Hudzen, a photographer and breast cancer survivor is working to help others just like her. After finding a lump in her breast she was unsure what the future would bring. She’s now doing better than ever and has used her creativity to help others.

The specialty clinics at Brownstone, where many of the specialists you and I have the opportunity to see in their private offices, offer their services in over 30 major specialties and subspecialties of medicine.

One ovarian cancer survivor is grateful for having a second chance at life so she wants to pay that feeling forward.

The Windsor junior is Back in the headlines. back in the game… making it all the way to the Playoffs! But behind this promising basketball star is another team… a team that never gave up on him.

Although Cindy’s heart stopped working, she remained strong at heart all the way to the transplant operation.

Years after a heart transplant, Colby Salerno is doing more than giving back.

Thanks to a less-invasive alternative to open-heart surgery, a patient is able to join his wife on a quest to explore America by motorcycle.

Stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States, and a leading cause of adult disability, yet too many people don’t know the signs or symptoms of stroke.

After a devastating diagnosis at 40, Michelle Hespeler wasn’t going to slow down. Find out how she is overcoming Parkinson’s Disease and helping others.