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Donating bone marrow involves simple procedure
Tribune Media ServicesDear Mayo Clinic: What's involved in becoming a bone marrow donor? Answer: A person can become a bone marrow donor in two ways. One is to donate to someone you know, usually a family member, who needs a bone marrow transplant. The second is to have...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Surgery, Agricultural Research and Technology, Social Issues
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Hereditary Hemochromatosis (HH)
Medical reporterFor more information about donating blood go to www.lifesource.org or call (877) 543-3768 Giving blood to save a life. Your own. Patrick Wade, HH Patient: "I had been having some symptoms that were sort of generalized and I went to my primary care...Tags: Social Issues, Charity
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Kenny Edwards dies at 64; guitarist-singer played key role in Linda Ronstadt's emergence
Kenny Edwards, a founding member of the Stone Poneys country-rock band that launched Linda Ronstadt's career and a valued supporting guitarist and singer for Stevie Nicks, Don Henley and numerous others, died Wednesday after battling cancer and a blood...Tags: Stevie Nicks, Santa Monica, Health, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Music Industry
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It's a wonderful gift for saving a life
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe announcement Thursday of a surprise gift to the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center was straight out of a Frank Capra movie. Our unassuming hero performs a good deed in the natural course of events and is rewarded many years later. The story...Tags: Frank Capra Jr., Immune System, Finance, Children, Cancer
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A teenager's distress and a psychiatric hospital's missteps
In the early hours of July 15, 2006, Crystal Marshall, 17, cried out for her mother.
A nurse at Psychiatric Solution Inc.'s Cumberland Hospital in New Kent, Va., rushed to the girl's side as she began vomiting. Her head snapped to the right. Her legs...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning, Health, Delaware, Nursing
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Chemicals: Our champions, our killers
Ihave leukemia. Those must be among the most frightening words in the English language. My particular form of the disease, called acute myeloid leukemia, was diagnosed a few weeks ago. It was a shock but not a complete surprise. About a year ago, I was...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Lawyers, Biotechnology, Los Angeles
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Athletes can be saved when sickle-cell trait is triggered
Sentinel Staff WriterSix college football players -- including UCF freshman Ereck Plancher -- have died from complications related to sickle-cell trait since 2000, prompting medical experts to emphasize the best treatment options for athletes who carry the trait. Sickle-cell...Tags: Bobby Bowden, Health, George O'Leary, Health and Safety at School, Symptoms
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Sickle-cell trait mostly benign
Sentinel Medical WriterEreck Plancher's death has been linked to a single genetic flaw that millions of Americans share. It's called sickle-cell trait, and many of those who have it never know they do. That's because it rarely causes symptoms and is not even considered a...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Health and Safety at School, Symptoms, Children
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Developments in the Ereck Plancher death
So what happens next? UCF football player Ereck Plancher, a 19-year-old freshman receiver from Naples, collapsed after an offseason workout supervised by Knights Coach George O'Leary and his staff on March 18. He was taken to a nearby hospital and died...Tags: Emergency Planning, Disasters and Accidents, David Kelly (actor), Health, George O'Leary
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House Diagnoses, Season One
Season One "Everybody Lies" (pilot) Neurocysticercosis - A parasite infestation of the nervous system. "Paternity" Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis - A progressive encephalitis that affects primarily children and young adults, caused by a persistent...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Muscle, Crimes, Symptoms
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Hopkins scientist wins Nobel Prize
Sun StaffDr. Peter C. Agre, a self-effacing Johns Hopkins School of Medicine biochemist who delights in telling colleagues that he earned a D in chemistry before dropping out of high school, was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry yesterday for his breakthrough...Tags: Medical Research, Health, Arts, Nobel Prize Awards, Biology
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