By Tom Smith, Senior Staff Writer While being treated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer at St. Jude Children's Hospital, Elizabeth Walters got a chance to understand the meaning of hope.
EMS is called to a tennis club to assess a 39 year old male who experienced a syncopal episode while playing tennis. On arrival, the patient is lying down on the ground next to a bench. He appears lethargic and pale. Bystanders are laying ice cold towels around his head and chest and tell you they think he's suffering from heat exhaustion. Radial pulses are slow and barely palpable. The patient is...
Want to attend a BYOC event but don’t have the hottest looking case on the block? That can be rectified with you doing a good deed at the same date, thanks to that stunning custom PC casemod that is currently undergoing the hammer for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Not only does that glowing co… [...]
What An Ionic Foot Bath Did For My Family Although ionic foot baths have been available for several years, especially in the UK and Europe, it is still relatively unknown in the USA. Our experience with it first originated when my 6 year old granddaughter was diagnosed with lymphoma. To hear...
N ews in Balance: WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009 -- An independent study by the Institute of Medicine last month resulted in broadened health coverage by the Veterans Affairs Department for Vietnam War veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange. Research found that three illnesses – B cell leukemias, Parkinson’s disease and ischemic heart disease -- possibly are associated with Agent Orange exposure....
PREMIER League referee Mark Halsey and his wife Michelle are fighting back after a nightmare year when BOTH were diagnosed with cancer. Michelle was told last New Year's Eve that she had leukaemia - then in August Mark learned he had a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, cancer of the lymph glands. Mark, 48, says: "It was devastating when we heard about Michelle. Then when I was told I had cancer,...
Welcome to a new, hopefully semi-regular end-of-week feature we're trying called "Around the League". Things being what they are, I get so caught up in talking Blazers that I seldom have a chance to address things that go on beyond our confines. In these posts we'll do exactly that, plus mop up some Blazer topics that we didn't have time to treat in earlier conversation. My intention is not...
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T he Philippine showbiz industry mourns for the death of Johnny Delgado a well-renowned actor. It has been reported that Juan Marasigan Feleo better known by the screen name "Johnny Delgado" died at 1:45pm this afternoon of lymphoma. A tribute for Johnny Delgado will definitely be held soon. Updates on upcoming Johnny Delgado funeral will also be provided. As of now, no news regarding the...
Announced in a letter to employees of Vulcan Inc, his investment company, Paul Allen has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma; he continues to work at the company while undergoing chemotherapy....
Yesterday brought sobering news to Blazers fans when word broke that Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen had been diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma earlier in the month. It’s a non-hodgkin’s form of lymphoma. It isn’t the first time Paul Allen has dealt with this kind of cancer. In 1983, he was diagnosed with [...]
A new Apache Wicket-based web application, Cutaneous Lymphona Tracker, increases efficiency in securely managing confidential patient medical records. You need Flash to see the Feature Video CL Tracker provides a complete picture of results with prior therapies, genetic, molecular, pathology and blood results. All this information is crucial to make sound decisions about new therapies, tests to be...