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7 hrs ago | Union-Recorder

a My Sistera s Keepera is for the sob fans

A Surely you have read or heard that "My Sister's Keeper," based on a novel by Jodi Picoult, is about a teenager with leukemia.

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Related Topix: My Sister's Keeper, Health, Evan Ellingson, Medium, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Amherst Bulletin

Cyclists hit high gear for cancer research

Souweine died in April after a five-year battle with leukemia, a cancer of the bone marrow, and Judith Souweine, his high school sweetheart and wife of 40 years, said she is riding in this year's Pan-Mass Challenge to raise money for cancer research, but also to remember her husband's love of athletics and the outdoors.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer

GreenvilleOnline.com

'My Sister's Keeper'

The Fitzgerald family is coping with a sick child, and the story is built on a moral dilemma.

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Related Topix: My Sister's Keeper, Medium, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Health, Evan Ellingson, Abigail Breslin

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Reuters

Birth weight appears associated with leukemia

There may be an association between high birth weight and an increased risk of overall leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia .

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Related Topix: Health

Huliq.com

Therapy Eliminates Leukemia Stem Cells

New research describes a molecular tool that shows great promise as a therapeutic for human acute myeloid leukemia , a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer.

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Related Topix: Health

MSNBC

Vegetarians show reduced cancer risk

A A The Week in Pictures Subway mermaids, a bat in flight and a woman named Neda are among this collection of noteworthy images from around the world.

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Related Topix: Health

MediLexicon

Bio-Matrix Scientific Group Targets Hospitals Needing Cord Blood Storage

Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. , a San Diego-based biotechnology company, announced today the launch of a national marketing program aimed at hospitals in need of storing umbilical cord blood specimens for future transplantation.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Lymphoma, Health

Wed Jul 01, 2009

RedOrbit

Cancer Survivors At Greater Risk Of Birth Complications

Survivors of childhood cancer run particular risks when pregnant and should be closely monitored, the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today .

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health, Menopause

SF Gate

My Sister's Keeper

Drama. Starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva and Jason Patric.

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Related Topix: My Sister's Keeper, Health, Movies, Entertainment

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Edmonton Journal

My Sister's Keeper star may be Oscar bound

Sofia Vassilieva had no doubts about the physical and emotional challenges of playing a young teen dying of leukemia in My Sister's Keeper which opened on June 26.

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Related Topix: My Sister's Keeper, Medium, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Eloise at the Plaza, Comedy Movies, Eloise at Christmastime, Family, Drama Movies, Health

MediLexicon

Yaupon Therapeutics Completes Patient Enrollment For Pivotal Phase 2...

Main Category: Lymphoma / Leukemia Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Yaupon Therapeutics, a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company, has announced it has completed enrollment for a pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial for Clearazide for the treatment of early-stage cutaneous T-cell lymphoma .

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Related Topix: Lymphoma, Health, Healthcare Law, Law

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Med Ad News

CytRx Reports Favorable Progress Update for Its Pivotal Phase 2...

Jun 29, 2009 - CytRx Corporation , a biopharmaceutical research and development company engaged in the development of high-value human therapeutics, today provided a favorable progress update for its ongoing Phase 2 STAR-1 registration clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of orally administered tamibarotene as a third-line treatment ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, CytRx, Healthcare Industry, Health, Food and Drug Administration

Clover Herald

Role of cancer patient emotional for teen actress Sofia Vassilieva

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Sofia Vassilieva cried uncontrollably the first time she saw herself in the makeup that would transform her into a young woman dying of leukemia for "My Sister's Keeper." "We were doing the screen test.

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Related Topix: My Sister's Keeper, Medium, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Santa Monica, CA, Health, Abigail Breslin

Netscape

Effective Leukemia Treatment

Effective Leukemia Treatment >> > Leukemia leads to a reduction of white blood cells in the body system.

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Related Topix: Health

Sun Jun 28, 2009

PR-inside.com

Personalized Anti-Cancer Vaccine, BiovaxIDA , Targeting B-cell...

Biovest International, Inc. , a majority-owned subsidiary of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Related Topix: Lymphoma, Health, Europe, World News, Germany, Oncology, Medicine

Scientific Blogging

Are You a Hero, but Not in St. Louis?

He had a bone marrow transplant due to leukemia and has been in the hospital ever since, and has declined in health to the point that this request is literally a matter of life and death for this little boy.

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Related Topix: St. Louis, MO Metro, Health

WHOI

Sunday Is Your Chance at a Dream Home

Saint Jude's Children Hospital is now capable of treating the most common form of childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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Related Topix: Health

Sat Jun 27, 2009

The New York Observer

Child Cancer Movie, Premiering on Upper West Side, Bravely Faces Off Against Robots

There were plenty of sniffles at the premiere of My Sister's Keeper , a movie about a family affected by their only daughter dying of leukemia, at the AMC Lincoln Square on Wednesday, June 24.

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Related Topix: My Sister's Keeper, Faces, Drama Movies, Health

The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter L...

Golfing for a cause: Trio plays 100 holes to raise money for sick friend

Three young men set out to beat a golfing record and raise money for a friend's brother this week, and they succeeded in doing both.

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Related Topix: Health

The Alternative Press

Fund Helps Families of Children Battling Cancer

When Cristina Cooke took her two-year-old son Xavier to the doctor's office, she thought he had another ear infection-or maybe it was his molars.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Cranford, NJ, Union County, NJ

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