It's been a busy week for Rihanna, but when the Grammy-winning singer learned about a leukemia-stricken New York City mom of two who desperately needs a marrow transplant, she immediately stepped forward to help.
Six-year-old Valentin Marroquin went from being apparently healthy one moment to battling leukemia the next. As his mother Rosario Marroquin started searching for answers, she kept coming back to their Houston, Texas, neighborhood, and the stench that often envelops it.
Only a year after he was diagnosed with leukemia, 12-year-old Pat Pedraja began a one-kid mission to change the makeup of the nation's bone marrow registry.
One day in the hospital, Vladimir Atryzek overheard a nurse mention that his daughter, Molly, needed to have some bone marrow extracted. The nurse said she would be preparing Molly immediately for the potentially painful procedure.
Take heart, weary sports fans. There is good news in your morning newspaper, if you can get past the referee betting scandal in the NBA, the Bad Newz about Michael Vick contributing to the rogue state that is the NFL, steroids in golf and Barry Bonds trying to become the all-time home run champion under the threat of a federal indictment.
Republican Sen. Craig Thomas of Wyoming, who had been battling leukemia since November, died Monday night at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, a family spokesperson told CNN. He was 74.
Celgene, the drug company that's cornered the market for blood cancer treatment, continues to wow investors with its constantly climbing stock price, and analysts expect the good times to keep rolling.
It's been a busy week for Rihanna, but when the Grammy-winning singer learned about a leukemia-stricken New York City mom of two who desperately needs a marrow transplant, she immediately stepped forward to help.
Six-year-old Valentin Marroquin went from being apparently healthy one moment to battling leukemia the next. As his mother Rosario Marroquin started searching for answers, she kept coming back to their Houston, Texas, neighborhood, and the stench that often envelops it.
Only a year after he was diagnosed with leukemia, 12-year-old Pat Pedraja began a one-kid mission to change the makeup of the nation's bone marrow registry.
One day in the hospital, Vladimir Atryzek overheard a nurse mention that his daughter, Molly, needed to have some bone marrow extracted. The nurse said she would be preparing Molly immediately for the potentially painful procedure.
Take heart, weary sports fans. There is good news in your morning newspaper, if you can get past the referee betting scandal in the NBA, the Bad Newz about Michael Vick contributing to the rogue state that is the NFL, steroids in golf and Barry Bonds trying to become the all-time home run champion under the threat of a federal indictment.
Republican Sen. Craig Thomas of Wyoming, who had been battling leukemia since November, died Monday night at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, a family spokesperson told CNN. He was 74.
Celgene, the drug company that's cornered the market for blood cancer treatment, continues to wow investors with its constantly climbing stock price, and analysts expect the good times to keep rolling.
Ed Bradley, the longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent whose probing questions and deceptively relaxed interviewing manner graced some of that show's most notable reports, has died. He was 65.
Dan Young, director of CNN/US's field operations, died Sunday after a battle with leukemia. He was 47. During 24 years at CNN, he worked as a photographer on some of the biggest and most dangerous assignments of his time.
The FDA approved a drug combo from Celgene that slows the spread of blood cancer, the biotech said, which could help push the treatment to blockbuster status.
Thalomid, formerly the bane of the pharmaceutical industry as a dangerous pregnancy painkiller, has gotten a second life and could help fast-growing Celgene corner the market as a blood cancer treatment.
Patients suffering from blood cancer originating in bone marrow survived nearly 90 percent of the time when taking Novartis's blockbuster cancer drug Gleevec, researchers announced Saturday, compared to a survival rate of about 50 percent with other treatments.
Celgene, the fastest-growing tech company in the pharmaceutical industry, owes much of its success to a drug that was once the bane of the pharmaceutical industry.
It may not be your average Christmas present or gift for a newborn baby, but a British-based company says grandparents looking for a gift with a twist are increasingly investing in stem cells for their grandchildren.
FDA advisors scrutinized a raft of cancer drug data this week, including Pfizer's Celebrex and other drugs that have been on the market for years, even as the drug market for cancer, the nation's second-biggest killer, is ramping up.
FDA advisors are scrutinizing a raft of cancer drug data this week, including Pfizer's Celebrex, in the latest indication that the drug market is baby-booming for America's second-biggest killer, cancer.
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Geraldine Ferraro, the first and only woman nominated to the presidential ticket of a major U.S. political party, remains an inspiration to women aspiring to success in all walks of life.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat began a fourth day in a Paris hospital Monday after three days of medical tests to determine the extent of his illness.
The Palestine Liberation Organization said Yasser Arafat was getting better Saturday as the ailing Palestinian leader underwent medical examination at a Paris hospital, but sources close to the Palestinian leadership raised the possibility that his era as a leader may be coming to an end.
An ailing Yasser Arafat has arrived at a Paris military hospital for treatment of a blood disorder after leaving his West Bank compound for the first time in nearly three years.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is suffering from a blood platelet deficiency and is being moved to Paris for additional tests to determine its cause, one of his doctors said Thursday.
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Before giving money to a charity, you surely want to feel confident that the group will put your dollars to good use. The exclusive MONEY honor roll of the 10 best-managed large U.S. charities (pre...
IN NOVEMBER, 65% of the voters in Washington's Whatcom County approved a measure limiting construction of new high-voltage power lines. Last summer a citizens' group in Monmouth County, New Jersey,...
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