Leukemia

A Community's Tough Love

Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Leukemia, Green Beret, Goruck, Goruck-Challenge, GORUCK Challenge, Childhood Cancer, Special Forces, Impact News

As a relatively new member of the GORUCK Tough community, I've found the willingness of its members to support each other and the causes we believe in to be rewarding in a way I never expected.

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WATCH: Hospital Hosts Prom For Sick Kids

Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Leukemia, Video, Heart Transplant, Lung Transplant, Julie Keeton, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Weston Keeton, Joshua Kahan Foundation, Jeff Kahan, Chop Prom, Childhood Cancer, Impact News

After Jeff Kahan lost his son to cancer, the grieving dad decided to bring life to kids battling life-threatening diseases. He fulfills his mission...

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Leukemia Patient, 5, Uses 'Make-A-Wish' To Serve Needy Kids

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Kid's Kitchen, Leukemia, Video, Anthony Camara, Leland Camara, Disneyland, Make a Wish Foundation, Skyler Camara, Anchorage, Laura Bruce, Child Cancer, Alaska, Slidepollajax, Impact News

Leland Camara, a 5-year-old battling leukemia, was far from selfish when he requested two wishes from the Make-A-Wish Foundation instead of just one. ...

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12-Year-Old Boy Named Honorary Marine Before Death

Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Cody Green, Leukemia, Cody Green Honorary Marine, Video, Marines, Marine Navigator Wings, Riley Children's Hospital, Cody Green Leukemia, Cody Green Marine, Indiana, Honorary Marine, Carroll Elementary School, Impact News

Throughout his 12 years, Cody Green battled leukemia like the bravest of warriors. For that, he was named an honorary Marine just before he died. ...

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A Mother's Guilt

Erin Smith | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Leukemia, Guilt, Focus on Family, Children, Working Mothers, Family Values, Stay-at-Home Moms, Motherhood, Global Motherhood, Stay at Home Mothers, Mommy Guilt, Guilt and Parenting, Me Time, Parents News

It's difficult to strike a balance between being everything our kids need us to be and maintaining our sanity and individuality.

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Cancer in the Ransom Note

Sandra Steingraber | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Food & Water Watch, Environment, Cancer, Environmental Health, Fracking, Water Pollution, Water Crisis, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Colon Cancer, Breast Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Green News

Why should cancer patients in the United States and Canada -- and those who love or diagnose them -- care about a report about looming water shortages in distant countries such as South Africa and Argentina?

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Why Cindy Crawford Is Partnering With St. Jude (Plus, You Could Win a New Home)

S.Z. Berg | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Leukemia, St. Jude, Cindy Crawford, Cancer, Home, Supermodel, Acute-Lymphoblastic-Leukemia, Impact News

She was just shy of 10 years old when her brother, almost four years old, passed away from leukemia. Back then, her family didn't have much money, she said, and she watched as her parents had to pay the medical bills after her brother's death.

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To Protect Americans' Health, Oppose Expanded Fracking Until Stronger Safeguards Are in Place

Frances Beinecke | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas, Leukemia, Fracking, Department of Interior, Asthma, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Cancer, Air Pollution, Green News

While no energy development can be completely safe, drilling and fracking can be made safer than current operations. But this is only possible if the state and federal governments adopt and enforce much stronger laws and standards.

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Jessica Capshaw: TV Doc Advocating for Clean Air

Dominique Browning | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Cancer, Asthma, Motherhood, Leukemia, Mercury Poisoning, Pollution, Alliances, Green News

Jessica Capshaw has it right: polluters have money and influence, but moms have love. Lots of love. And mother love is the strongest force of all.

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How Active Should We Be in Our Own Medical Care?

Erin Smith | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Leukemia, Responsibility, Doctor Patient Communication, Medical Care, Doctors, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Personal Safety, Personal Health, Personal Health Care, Personal Care, Healthy Living News

Be a thinking, active, participating person in your family's health care. Do your homework. Trust your gut instinct. Ask questions, even if you feel uncomfortable doing so.

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Health Reform and My 8-Year-Old Son

Michelle Cunningham | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Health Care Coverage, Health Care Reform, Childhood Leukemia, Leukemia, Health Care, Pre-Existing-Condition, Affordable Care Act, Parents News

I am grateful for the Affordable Care Act because my 8-year-old son, a leukemia survivor, has health insurance today because of it.

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What Not To Say To A Mom Whose Daughter Is Battling Cancer

Erin Smith | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Global Parenting, Cancer, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Childhood Cancer, Sensitivity, Leukemia, Tactfulness, Life Threatening Disease, Lack of Tact, Cancer Diagnosis, Parents News

If you are someone who says the wrong thing or lacks a "filter," please take a moment to consider your words before impulsively uttering them to a mother or child fighting for their life.

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The Day I Found Out My Child Has Cancer

Erin Smith | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Leukemia, Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Family, Cancer Diagnosis, Global Motherhood, Kids With Cancer, Parents News

I hope this is never you. I never thought it would be me. Not in five million years. But here I am, with cancer playing the center stage in my life right now. It's not me, but so much worse... my five-year-old daughter, Skyler.

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Convince Taylor Swift To Take Teen Fighting Cancer To Prom!

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Cancer Treatment, Leukemia, Kevin McGuire, Video, Taylor Swift, New Jersey, Prom, Somerdale, Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Methotrexate, Impact News

Kevin McGuire is fighting cancer for the second time and the lifesaving drugs he needs are in short supply. But, the high school senior is nowhere nea...

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Mom Builds Special Preschool For Kids With Cancer, Prone To Infection

Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Leukemia, The Morgan Center, Nancy Zuch, Video, Chemotherapy, Morgan Zuch, Child Cancer, Child Leukemia, Cancer Care, New York, Childhood Cancer, Impact News

For children battling cancer, the treatment wreaks havoc not only on their bodies, but also on their social well being. One mom is working to change t...

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Paying For Cancer Treatment for Children in America With a Car Wash, Bake Sale and Fish Fry

Wendell Potter | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Sarah Burke, Canadian Healthcare, Leukemia, Alabama, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Facebook, Health Care, Canada, Sarah Burke Coma, Politics News

Caroline's story is not unique. Tragedies like her's occur so often, in fact, that they rarely make the news anymore. But it is precisely because they are an everyday occurrence that health care reform was so urgently needed.

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Etta James Dies From Complications From Leukemia -- What Is It?

The Huffington Post | Amanda L. Chan | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Leukemia, Video, Etta James Leukemia, Leukemia Complications, Etta James, Etta James Dies, Etta James Leukemia Complications, What Did Etta James Die From, Healthy Living News

The legendary singer Etta James has died at age 73 because of complications from leukemia, according to several news reports. ABC News reported tha...

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11-Year Old Cancer Survivor Writes Cookbook To Benefit Research

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: The Tonight Show, Leukemia, Jay Leno, Chef Jack Witherspoon, Beckstrand Cancer Foundation, Bobby Flay, Cookbooks, The Bonnie Hunt Show, Paula Deen, Child Cancer, Jack Witherspoon, Twist It Up, Lisa Witherspoon, Miller Children's Hospital, Video, Impact News

For most young boys, cooking shows are hardly a top choice for television entertainment. But for Jack Witherspoon, who at 6-years-old was lying in...

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Good Afternoon, You Have Cancer

Suleika Jaouad | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Leukemia, Cancer Young Women, Myelodysplastic Syndrome Women, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Cancer Women, Cancer Advocacy, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Cancer Advice, Cancer Diagnosis, Women News

"Acute Myeloid Leukemia," my doctor said last May. I was 22 years old. My friends were busy starting their lives, and I was worried that mine might end before it had really begun.

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Donors Fulfill Cancer Patient's Dying Wish To Marry

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Facebook Fundraising, Susanna Espinoza, Wedding, Brandon Martinez, Leukemia, Video, California, Dying Wish, Cancer Patient's Dying Wish, Good News, Cancer Patient, Impact News

When Susanna Espinoza heard the devastating news on Christmas Eve that she had only a few months to live, her boyfriend proposed, hoping to make the s...

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Fighting Cancer, Celebrating Life

Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Leukemia, Light the Night, Rituximab, Cancer, Hairy Cell Leukemia, Glamour Magazine, Suzanne Donaldson, Senior Health, Health and Aging, Health Post50, Health After 50, Fifty News

Let's face it: Cancer changes your perspective on a lot of things. And while it's hard to even utter the words "thankful" and "cancer" in the same sentence, Suzanne Donaldson -- the photo editor of Glamour magazine -- makes a perfect case for doing so.

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A Perfect Match: A Social Media Love Story

Vineet Singal | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Bone Marrow Registry, Bone Marrow Transplant, Bone Marrow Donation, Amit Gupta Bone Marrow, Amit Gupta, Leukemia, Bone Marrow, Impact News

Cancer can affect any of us. Perhaps our child. Our brother or sister. Our parent. Our friend. We must increase the number of bone marrow donors registered, not just to save my friend Amit, but to protect our community. Join us.

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Can Social Media Save Amit Gupta?

Porter Gale | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Gary Vaynerchuk, Bone Marrow, Twitter, Match, Porter Gale, Social Media, Amit Gupta, Leukemia, Amit Gupta Bone Marrow, Technology News

Amit, a member of the San Francisco tech community, has leukemia. He is also South Asian, a population that is dramatically under-represented in existing bone marrow registries.

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(PHOTOS): Maria Jose Martinez Gets Treatment For Leukemia In Nicaraguan Hospital

AP | By ESTEBAN FELIX and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Nicaragua Leukemia, Leukemia, Cultura, Hispanic Heritage Month, Cancer, Nicaragua, Hospital Mascota, World News

By Esteban Feliz and Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- In her glowing pink dress and tiara, Maria Jose Martinez looked t...

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WATCH: Girl, 10, Brings Whole Community Out To Donate Bone Marrow

Huffington Post | Anna Bahr | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Texas, Bone Marrow Registry, Leukemia, Video, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cancer, Bone Marrow Donation, Childhood Cancer, Impact News

It's been two years of chemotherapy and radiation since 10-year-old Chenee Cayco was diagnosed with an agressive form of leukemia. Her doctors now...

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