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Robert Downey

Robert Downey

Robert Downey worked alongside his wife at the elder care business they ran together. He was honorably discharged from the army after serving six years...
Robyn Frankel

Robyn Frankel

After talking to a neurosurgeon about her history of migraine headaches, Robyn Frankel was told to undergo an invasive cerebral angiogram. This would require the injection...
Rowan Gibbs

Rowan Gibbs

Rowan Gibbs had a smile that would light up a room.  He was a happy child with a heart filled with love for his family,...
Ruth MacInnes

Ruth MacInnes

HMO doctors, paid through Medicare, failed to provide medical tests to diagnose and treat heart disease in my mother over a two year period. The...
Sabrina De La Rosa

Sabrina De La Rosa

Sabrina De la Rosa was a woman who understood her worth. Her mother, Monica, recalls her leaving a job and saying “they just don’t know...
Sally Hunter

Sally Hunter

Sally Hunter was a homemaker in Pasadena, California, happily married to her loving husband Harold Hunter. But everything changed when Sally’s colon cancer was discovered....
Shanna Alvarado

Shanna Alvarado

A nagging pain in her abdomen sent Shanna Alvarado to a Kaiser hospital in Southern California in October 2010. An ultrasound showed the origins of...
Shawn Rial

Shawn Rial

Shawn Rial had testicular cancer, the most treatable form of cancer, and a projected 90 percent chance of success through chemotherapy. That’s why his family...
Shawn Washington

Shawn Washington

Shawn Washington II was a mentor to his siblings and summer campers, a talented photographer and musician, and an expecting father. He lived with his...
Shelly Gerrans

Shelly Gerrans

Shelly Gerrans was a homemaker, a loving wife, and a caring mother to three young children. When she needed a hysterectomy, she and her husband...
Shilpa Airy

Shilpa Airy

Shilpa Airy was an entrepreneur and research scientist who ran a successful biotech consulting business in San Francisco. She worked with many of the top...
Stephen Schaak

Stephen Schaak

Stephen Schaak, an otherwise healthy 51-year-old merchant marine, husband and father of three sons, went to the emergency room exhibiting clear signs of a pulmonary...