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GMA's Robin Roberts home from hospital
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC's Robin Roberts has come home from the hospital three weeks after undergoing a bone marrow transplant. After thanking her doctors and nurses and singing "Amen," the "Good Morning America" host began the next stage of recovery...
Tags: Good Morning America (tv program), Stephen Colbert, Immune System, Robin Roberts, Hospitals and Clinics
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On the Town: Charity care is the goal of hospital 'fundraiser'
It was a balmy “Evening of Wine and Roses.” Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center celebrated the 25th anniversary of their annual fundraiser. On Oct. 7, more than 600 supporters walked the red carpet toward the hospital’s patio...
Tags: Restaurants, Breast Cancer, Charity, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics
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Pacers player pushes to add people to bone marrow registry
Pacer's star, Roy Hibbert, is stepping up to recruit more bone marrow donors. Hibbert was at the Castleton Square Mall today, signing autographs and encouraging people to sign up for the "Be The Match" program. It puts people in a registry to be matched...
Tags: Leukemia
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GMA Host Robin Roberts' Mother Dies, ABC News Says
CNNNEW YORK -- The mother of "Good Morning America" host Robin Roberts has died, ABC News reported early Friday. Roberts made it home to Mississippi to see her 88-year-old mother, who died Thursday evening, according to the news network. The morning show...Tags: Cancer, Good Morning America (tv program), Blood Disorders, Robin Roberts, CNN (tv network)
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Tyler Genneken
Tyler was winning his battle with cancer for nearly 3 years. Due to relapse, it was determined that he would need a bone marrow transplant in order to survive. Unfortunately, a match could not be found and in 2009 at age 14 - Tyler joined the...
Tags: Cancer, Leukemia
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Florida Hospital opens dedicated kids’ bone marrow transplant unit
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelChildren in Central Florida who need a life-saving bone marrow or stem cell transplant may now have their procedures locally at a center just for kids. This week, Florida Hospital for Children will celebrate the opening of the Kids Beating Cancer... -
A race against cancer
I promise to someday write a full-fledged story about quarter midget car racing, because it looks like great fun. But this story, while set in that world, is about family — in particular, a sister looking out for her brother. The brother is...
Tags: Orefield, Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Berlinsville, Leukemia, Blood
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Rachel Minkove, student
Rachel Tova Minkove, a University of Maryland School of Social Work student who wanted to assist young adults as they fought cancer, died of Hodgkin's lymphoma complications July 29 at her Cheswolde home. She was 28.
Born in Baltimore, she was the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Demographics, Human Interest, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Social Services
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2 Men with HIV cured after bone marrow transplant
KIAHIt's been a year for the fight against AIDS and HIV. First the FDA approved Truvada and now an even bigger discovery. A pair of men living with HIV are now free from the virus after receiving a bone marrow transplant. This is the closest doctors have ever...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Truvada, HIV, AIDS
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Soccer tourney helps ex-coach
Gabriel Lalli's body has broken down. His eyesight has faded. He isn't the man he was two years ago. But that's with regard to his physical status. Cancer can break down anyone, yet it hasn't wilted his fighting spirit. Lalli, a Newport Beach resident,...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Soccer, Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology
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Boy, 12, Dies after Body Rejected Bone Marrow Transplant
FOX40 NewsLee Eddins, 12, was diagnosed with leukemia last February. A bone marrow match was found, but soon after rejected by Lee's body. Lots of pain and anguish. But Lee had a wish, to be granted byMake-A-Wish Friday, and that was to meet his idol, Indiana...Tags: Abdominal Pain, Leukemia
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Houstonian inspires drive for bone marrow donors
KIAHLately, life has been anything but normal for Regina Brown. "I try to be positive and not even think about it and try to live a normal life," Brown said. She has something called mycosis fungoides. It's a type of lymphoma that caused her to lose all...Tags: Charity, Lymphoma, Symptoms
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