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• in Videos
  Remembering Etta James
  Soulful singer Etta James died in Riverside, CA at age 73 due to complications with leukemia, but her music will live on for eternity.
  by alanagarrigues / on Jan 20, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  Someone Is Always Worse Off ... And Has a Better Attitude!
  Joy has nothing to do with the circumstances in our life, as these inspirational heroes prove.
  by shammahbn / on Sep 27, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Research Breakthrough Offers Promising Leads in Cancer Treatment
  A new study used genetically modified T cells to kill chronic leukemia cancer cells.
  by jenna3967 / on Aug 12, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “leukemia”

 

• Robinson Cano Shows Up In Ice Cream Truck To Surprise 13-Year-Old Leukemia Survivor [Video]

  
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  Robinson Cano pulled off one of the most creative surprises you will ever see this past Friday as he surprised 13-year-old leukemia survivor Nick D’Annibale, with the help of MLB Fan Cave . The seventh-grader was given the opportunity to come play whiffle ball in the streets of New York City, but what came next ...
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• Art, Music & Dance Can Help Ease Anxiety, Depression in Cancer Patients

  
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  For patients with cancer, participating in art, music and dance therapy may help relieve depression and anxiety, according to new research. “People with cancer very often feel like their body has been taken over by the cancer. They feel overwhelmed,” said Dr. Joke Bradt, a music therapist from Drexel University ...
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• Scheduled Imaging Studies Provide Little Help Detecting Relapse Of Aggressive Lymphoma

  
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  Imaging scans following treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma do little to help detect a relapse, a Mayo Clinic study has found. The overwhelming majority of patients with this aggressive lymphoma already have symptoms, an abnormal physical exam or an abnormal blood test at the time of relapse, the researchers ...
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• Leukemia survivor meets bone marrow donor in surprise reunion

  
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  Cathy Nadaud always hoped to one day meet the anonymous bone marrow donor who helped her beat back leukemia. She didn’t know that chance would come Friday evening. The Jewish Hospital arranged a surprise reunion for Nadaud with her Pittsburgh donor, Nina Cordelli, at the organization’s annual Partners in Hope ...
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• Cancer Drug Prevents Build-up of Toxic Brain Protein

  
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  Using a tiny dose of the leukemia drug nilotinib, researchers halt the accumulation of toxic proteins linked to Parkinsons diseases in the brains of mice.
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• Aston Villa’s Stiliyan Petrov Will Retire After Year-Long Battle With Leukemia

  
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  Aston Villa club captain Stiliyan Petrov is set to retire after a year-long battle with Leukemia that kept him off the pitch in 2013. He announced his retirement from the game early Thursday after suffering from acute Leukemia that was found back in March of 2012. The midfielder was diagnosed after a match against ...
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• Discovery pinpoints cause of 2 types of leukemia

  
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  Patients with two forms of leukemia, who currently have no viable treatment options, may benefit from existing drugs developed for different types of cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The study, published in the ...
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• can a cml patient have sex with his wife?

  
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• Cancer Won

  
  Endometriosis: the silent life sentence — Authority: 115
  My loved ones fight ended today. Their battle with leukemia and all its nasty treatments (and being miserable from the side effects) has ended. For that last part, I’m happy. I’m relieved. Watching them suffer was not easy. But they are missed. And they will continue to be missed because they were greatly loved, ...
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• Leukemia - Maintenance Week 8 - Therapy Paused

  
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  Jemma feels good, despite her falling white blood cells. She has completed seven weeks of maintenance therapy and each week her white blood cell count has dropped by about 500. Based on her body weight and size her dosage of PuriNetol should be 35 mg per day. Week 1 she began with a dose lower than the calculated ...
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• Nerlens Noel Brings 7-year-old With Leukemia To Kentucky Derby With Him

  
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  Kentucky Wildcats freshman sensation Nerlens Noel was in attendance at the Kentucky Derby this weekend and a special guest with him. Noel who is currently rehabbing his torn ACL, took time out from his busy schedule to bring 7-year-old Leukemia patient Kelly Melton with him to Louisville so he could take in all the ...
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• San Diego’s Receptos, Ambit Biosciences, Get Ready for IPO Debuts

  
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  Bruce V. Bigelow San Diego-based Receptos, a biotech developing new treatments for immune disorders, is among 13 IPOs expected to go public this week, according to Renaissance Capital, a financial firm in Greenwich, CT, that specializes in IPOs. Another San Diego biotech, Ambit Biosciences, also set a price ...
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• Former Keryx Exec’s Mission: Turn TG into the next Pharmacyclics

  
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  Ben Fidler Seven years running a publicly-traded biotech are likely to give anyone a sense of the manic nature and the volatile ups and downs of drug development. And Mike Weiss, who headed Keryx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KERX ) from 2002 to 2009, has both the scars and the trophies to prove it. But those lessons ...
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• Charity Concert for Terminally ill 19-year-old Eritrean

  
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  05:05:13 | Fritzlar-Homberg  What is missing to save Salem Tesfay of death is money. The 19-year-old has leukemia, without chemotherapy she has only few weeks to live. In her home country Eritrea (Africa), the disease that weakens the immune system and leads to death within a short time, not be treated. Selams same ...
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• Cord Blood. New Stock? Future of Medicine? Stem Cell

  
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  One cord (umbilical cord) blood bank doing well in a group of falling stocks is Perkin Elmer Inc, a family cord blood and tissue preservation business. At time of deadline they were at $30.55. The stem cell industry is projected to reach $15 billion by 2015, but some cord blood banks are seeing poor performance [...] ...
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• Life, Interrupted: All in a Day’s Work

  
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  Dozens of chemotherapy treatments and one bone marrow transplant later, I wish I could say that I’ve mastered the art of not working.        
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• Leukemia Sucks

  
  Endometriosis: the silent life sentence — Authority: 115
  Someone very close to me has been bravely battling leukemia for over a year. They did chemo and the cancer went into a false remission… for all of three months! They turned to an experimental drug protocol, and finally radiation. But now they’ve stopped all treatments. There are so many emotions… I can’t even ...
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• Leukemia - Maintenance Week 7 - Done With Catheter

  
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  Today was the last day Jemma was scheduled to receive medicine through her catheter and she was just as spunky as usual. Most of the time we spent at the hospital she was happy, but she refused to have her temperature taken. She was upset with me for getting out the camera. After I put it away she was fine. Once ...
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• Upcoming Food & Drink Events in Windsor-Essex: May 2013

  
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  Un-Wine-D at Mettawas Station On May 7, 2013,  join  Mettawas Station  for “Grown Right Here” as our wine and tapas style dinner series continues featuring the flavours of Essex County. Reservations required. Vegan Dinner at Foia Ristorante Foia Ristorante is hosting another of their popular Vegan ...
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• Treating Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

  
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  In this Medical Edge Radio episode, Mayo Clinic Dr. Tait Shanafelt takes a look at the treatment options for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, also known as CLL. To listen, click the link below. Treating CLL
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