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Surviving Cancer: Today Is My Cancerversary

parenting.com | Erin Zammet Ruddy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Leukemia, Inspiration, Health, Chemotherapy, Cancer Survivors, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Backetball, Wellness, Chemo, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Living News

I may never be cured, but eight years later, I am still here. And I am a wife, a mother, a pregnant lady and (pretty much) cancer free. I could never ...

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You Are Never Too Young To Change The World

Pat Pedraja | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Driving for Donors, Leukemia, Pat Pedraja, Youth, Youth Activism, The Planet Us, Impact News

There are so many kids out there who really want to do something to help with a problem in the world, but they don't know how. Remember, you are never too young to change the world!

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Thank You, Mary Travers

Anne Stockwell | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: LGBT Rights, Leukemia, Folk Music, Rolling Stones, Peter Paul and Mary, Mary Travers Dead, Peter Paul, Entertainment News

My slightly older cousin was nuts about some off-key British jerks called the Rolling Stones. I waited for a clear coast and soaked up Peter, Paul & Mary when nobody was around.

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Big Sky Dilemma: Must Doctors Help Their Patients Die?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Montana, Politics, Leukemia, Conscience Clause, Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Assisted Suicide, Health, Constitituton, Doctors, Bioethics, Medicine, Healthcare, Politics News

Mandating that physicians aid in dying should be a last resort. Montana should explore other, less-invasive means of ensuring that all citizens are guaranteed their constitutional right to die.

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Shannon's Story: Health Care and Our Desperate Need for Cultural Healing

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.14.2009 | Living

We in the United States have a health care system that creates (rather than eases) burdens for those battling critical illness. We have it all backwards.

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Jon Stewart Promotes Bone Marrow Donation To Help Fan With Leukemia

New York Daily News | By Elizabeth Hays | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Leukemia, Jon Stewart, Bone Marrow, Media News

Funnyman Jon Stewart is pitching in to help a fan with something that's no laughing matter. The "Daily Show" star heard a big fan is fighting leukemi...

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LEUKEMIA GENE Discovered

Wed Apr 8, 2:48 Pm ET | Posted 05.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Leukemia, Leukemia Gene, Home News

(Vocus) April 8, 2009 -- Researchers have identified a gene that controls the rapid production and differentiation of the stem cells that produce all ...

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Do You Want to Save Someone's Life?

Victoria Namkung | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Be the Match, Bone Marrow Registry, Leukemia, Stem Cell Transplant, Living News

Thousands of patients diagnosed with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases depend on you to find a match. Wondering what can you do?

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Residue From the Burn Pits of Iraq: Soldiers with Cancer

R. B. Stuart | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leukemia, Army, Larry King, Burn Pits, Aml, Oprah, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Iraq, Du, SGT. Christopher Sachs, SGT. Frank Valentin, Wramc, Veterans, Buffalo N. Y., Washington D. C., Medic, Germany, Fisher House, Politics News

Sgt. Christopher J. Sachs was diagnosed with cancer three years after returning from Iraq. The U.S. military, however, refused to consider the possibility that his illness was related to his tour.

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Leukemia: A Soldiers Souvenir From the Burn Pits of Iraq

R. B. Stuart | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Journalists, Doctor, Troops, Colon Cancer, Lt. Col. James R. Elliott, Burn Pit, Cbs, Tb, Lt. Col. Darrin L. Curtis, Ed Bradley, Veterans, Dod, Embedded, Lung Cancer, Scholfield Barracks Hawaii, Leukemia, Military, Army, Peter Jennings, Chemotherapy, Cancer, Abc, Ted Kopple, Duke University Hospital, Depleted Uranium, Leroy Sievers, US Air Force, Soldiers, Balad Air Base Iraq, Fort Bragg NC, Aml, SSG. Steven G. Ochs, Baghdad, Afghanistan, Long Beach California, Dav, Carcinogen, Paratrooper, Anaconda, Health, Living News

Although SSG. Steven Ochs seemed impenetrable, he could not sidestep the invisible weapon that would course through his bloodstream five months after his third tour ended.

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Al Meyerhoff and the Chemistry of Life and Death

Diane Dulken | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

This environmental lawyer reminded us that the vast majority of commercial and industrial chemicals in circulation today are not tested for longterm health effects before being put on the market.

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Guilty: A Sample Chapter From Ann Coulter's Newest Soon-To-Be Bestseller*

Steve Young | Posted 01.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Ann Coulter, Guilty, Social Conservative, Leukemia, Liberals, Liberalism, Terminally Ill Children, Right Wing, Sick Children, Media News

I was able to access an excerpt from Ann Coulter's soon to be released, Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault On America Enjoy... Chapter 14 ...

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Environmental Lawyer Al Meyerhoff's Chemical War On Cancer

Los Angeles Times | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Leukemia, Al Meyerhoff Leukemia, Al Meyerhoff, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Aml, Green News

Before his passing on Dec. 21, environmental lawyer Al Meyerhoff wrote an op-ed for the LA Times, discussing what he called the "irony" of being diagn...

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Life Cycle: Pop vs. Soda? Either Way It's Made with (GMO) Corn.

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Aspartame, Cans, Genetically-Modified Organisms, Popcorn, Weight Gain, Fake Sweeteners, Artificial, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Aluminum, Green Living, Memory Loss, Obesity, Dvds, Movies, Recycling, Leukemia, Health, Soda, Plastic, Sarah Smarsh, Blockbuster Night, Fibromyalgia, Ani DiFranco, Pop, Simran Sethi, Saccharin, All-American, Gmos, Green News

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the environmental impacts of everyday things. Last week we talked about popcorn. Chemically flavored...

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