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Indiana Blood Center partners with Indiana Pacers for blood drive
Press ReleaseIndiana Blood Center and the Indiana Pacers are teaming up for the annual "Drive to the Hoop," a blood and bone marrow drive that will be held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Friday, April 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Anyone who participates as a donor in...Tags: Health, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Arts and Culture, Banking
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Transplant technique opens door to patients forgoing anti-rejection drugs
Since she was first diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease at age 19, Lindsay Porter, now 47, has had to face the reality that she would someday need a kidney transplant. "It really didn't affect me very much at all until my early 30s, when I developed...
Tags: Health, Health Treatments, Chemical Industry, Kidney Disease, Johns Hopkins University
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Bella needs 'the match' to live ... you might be her find
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterBella O’Dell is still fighting to receive “The Match” that will save her life. The 4-year old, of Elkhart, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) a year ago and recently relapsed and is in need of a bone marrow...Tags: Health, Leukemia, Human Body, Charity, Lee Johnson
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Study: Cadmium, breast cancer tied
From Tribune NewspapersIn a finding that strengthens the link between environmental pollutants and rising rates of breast cancer, new research finds that women whose diets contain higher levels of cadmium are at greater risk of developing breast cancer than those who ingest...Tags: Health, Obesity, Environmental Issues, Health Treatments, Leukemia
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Bone Marrow Drive at South Street Seaport For Ailing 3-Year-Old Boy
PIX11.com / @MarksPIX"Bodies The Exhibition" is typically a big draw on Sundays. On this Sunday, even more people than usual showed up at the South Street Seaport attraction because of a little boy in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. The Gift of Life Foundation...Tags: Health, Human Body, Immune System
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Hampton health advocacy group ranked second in nation
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Fifteen years ago, in a 10-by-10-foot room in Newport News, Nancy Davenport-Ennis went to work to help breast cancer patients get a fair shake from their insurance companies. She was motivated by the death of her friend Cheryl Grimmel, whose...Tags: Health, Health Care Reform (2009), Lance Armstrong, Career and Workplace, Genes and Chromosomes
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Upper Milford boy recovering after getting sister's bone marrow
I'm glad to be able to revisit the story of 8-year-old Simon Ernst. I wrote about the Upper Milford Township boy last month, when he was getting ready to undergo a bone marrow transplant.
The procedure ended up being delayed because Simon had a...Tags: Health, Emmaus, Health Treatments, Leukemia, Hospitals and Clinics
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Bone Marrow Drive Held in Honor of Retired York City Detective
Despite the snow – close to 70 people came out on Saturday to take a simply test to help save hundreds of thousands of people.
“For five minutes – here getting a check swab and you could save someone’s life,” said Retired...Tags: Health, Leukemia, Human Body, Human Interest, Human Body
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ECRMC to host bone marrow donor drive
By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF WRITERThe El Centro Regional Medical Center is hosting a bone marrow donor drive in conjunction with the national Be The Match Registry program today starting at 4 p.m. The donor drive is aimed at attracting more donors to the National Marrow Donor Program...Tags: Health, Ceremonies, Human Body, Lobbying, Charity
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