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Mom Convicted for Withholding Son's Cancer Meds [VIDEO]

Pregnant Mareena Silva Accidentally Given Abortion Drug; What Is Methotrexate?

A Safeway pharmacist in Colorado accidentally gave Mareena Silva, who is six weeks pregnant, a drug that is used to terminate pregnancies instead of the antibiotic she needed. Silva was rushed to the hospital after taking the pill and becoming sick. She is said to be at risk of miscarriage or giving birth to a baby with...

President Allende's Grandson Commits Suicide in Chile

(Dec. 16) -- A grandson of former Chilean President Salvador Allende has committed suicide, his family says. Gonzalo Meza Allende, 45, killed himself Wednesday, according to a statement from his mother, Chilean Sen. Isabel Allende. The statement did not say how he ended his life. The senator asked for privacy so the...

Stem Cell Transplant 'Cures' Leukemia Patient of AIDS

(Dec. 15) -- Doctors in Germany report they have cured an HIV-positive American of the AIDS virus after performing a stem cell transplant to treat his leukemia. But experts caution that while the man's outcome seems promising, the risky procedure might not work on otherwise healthy people with HIV and probably won't yield...

Boy With Leukemia Gets New Bike, but Family Wants Thief Caught

(Dec. 14) -- An 8-year-old leukemia patient has been given a new bicycle, but his parents still want police to catch the thief who stole his bike while the family was away on a trip arranged by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Authorities in Pennsylvania said there has been an outpouring of public support for Aaron Jones, and...

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Matt Browner Hamlin: A Community's Tough Love

This is the fourth post in a four part series on GORUCK and the GORUCK Challenge.

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'What Would the World Be to Us, If the Children Were No More': Cancer Kills and So Do Chemicals

In 1991, two months after we lost our only child, Colette, age 5, to a cancer, we later proved could have been prevented, Al Meyerhoff and Lawrie Mott, both senior attorney and senior scientist with the San Francisco office of the the Natural Resources Defense Council , published a startling article entitled, ' What Would...

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The Power of Caring

This is one of my favorite times of the year -- the time when Coty celebrates its commitment to support DKMS, the world's largest bone-marrow-donor center.

Background on leukemia

Leukemia (American English) or leukaemia (British English) (from the Greek leukos λεύκος - white, and haima αίμα - blood) is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts".

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