My son is not a hugger. He's almost 2 years old, and I can count on one hand the times he's squeezed his chubby arms around my neck (they all involve my husband running the vacuum). I'm okay with this because on the rare occasion when I do get a hug, I get very emotional. I imagine most moms experience these my-heart-might-burst moments when a seconds-long embrace makes them feel like the luckiest person in the world. But for me, it's a little different. A little sweeter. And I am a lot luckier. See, I wasn't supposed to have a baby. I'm a cancer patient. Seven years ago I was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), a slow-moving form of blood cancer. I'm in remission, thanks to a medication I take every day that states right smack on the bottle: Do not get pregnant while taking this drug. But I did. Then I stopped my lifesaving medication and endured nine long months of what-ifs: What if the brief exposure to the drug affects the baby? What if my cancer comes back? What
My husband had childhood leukemia, and his ejection fraction [the capacity at which the heart is pumping] has steadily declined over the last few years, the most recent results showed 39 percent, apparently as a result of the chemo he received. What treatments or medications are available for this? He is only 35 years old, which seems so young for heart problems.
In May, Denise Bertholin got married. She wore a white dress and carried beautiful lilies. She and her groom, Matt Braun, said "I do" in front of family and friends.
This is Aaron Curry's fifth and final draft diary entry -- the others can be found here -- but it's not the end of the chronicle of his experience. SI.com writer Ted Keith, who spoke to Curry for these entries, will be with Curry all weekend in New York. Be sure to check SI.com for behind-the-scenes blog posts on Saturday and a longer feature next week on Curry's big weekend in the Big Apple.
"It breaks my heart to see her go through this," she says of young Jasmina, who needs a bone marrow donor
Andrew McMahon always wanted to be a rock star. When his band, Jack's Mannequin, started touring in spring 2005, the unexpected happened.
The trio pay a special visit to a 9-year-old girl battling an aggressive form of leukemia
I am an MS [multiple sclerosis] patient and I have just about had it with my Rebif injections. I've heard about a new leukemia drug used to treat the beginning stages of MS. I think it's called Campath 1H. Are there any other medications you would recommend for early stage MS? Thank you.
A 42-year-old HIV patient with leukemia appears to have no detectable HIV in his blood and no symptoms after a stem cell transplant from a donor carrying a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to the virus that causes AIDS, according to a report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A transplant is the little girl's only chance for survival
My son is not a hugger. He's almost 2 years old, and I can count on one hand the times he's squeezed his chubby arms around my neck (they all involve my husband running the vacuum). I'm okay with this because on the rare occasion when I do get a hug, I get very emotional. I imagine most moms experience these my-heart-might-burst moments when a seconds-long embrace makes them feel like the luckiest person in the world. But for me, it's a little different. A little sweeter. And I am a lot luckier. See, I wasn't supposed to have a baby. I'm a cancer patient. Seven years ago I was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), a slow-moving form of blood cancer. I'm in remission, thanks to a medication I take every day that states right smack on the bottle: Do not get pregnant while taking this drug. But I did. Then I stopped my lifesaving medication and endured nine long months of what-ifs: What if the brief exposure to the drug affects the baby? What if my cancer comes back? What
My husband had childhood leukemia, and his ejection fraction [the capacity at which the heart is pumping] has steadily declined over the last few years, the most recent results showed 39 percent, apparently as a result of the chemo he received. What treatments or medications are available for this? He is only 35 years old, which seems so young for heart problems.
In May, Denise Bertholin got married. She wore a white dress and carried beautiful lilies. She and her groom, Matt Braun, said "I do" in front of family and friends.
This is Aaron Curry's fifth and final draft diary entry -- the others can be found here -- but it's not the end of the chronicle of his experience. SI.com writer Ted Keith, who spoke to Curry for these entries, will be with Curry all weekend in New York. Be sure to check SI.com for behind-the-scenes blog posts on Saturday and a longer feature next week on Curry's big weekend in the Big Apple.
"It breaks my heart to see her go through this," she says of young Jasmina, who needs a bone marrow donor
Andrew McMahon always wanted to be a rock star. When his band, Jack's Mannequin, started touring in spring 2005, the unexpected happened.
The trio pay a special visit to a 9-year-old girl battling an aggressive form of leukemia
I am an MS [multiple sclerosis] patient and I have just about had it with my Rebif injections. I've heard about a new leukemia drug used to treat the beginning stages of MS. I think it's called Campath 1H. Are there any other medications you would recommend for early stage MS? Thank you.
A 42-year-old HIV patient with leukemia appears to have no detectable HIV in his blood and no symptoms after a stem cell transplant from a donor carrying a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to the virus that causes AIDS, according to a report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A transplant is the little girl's only chance for survival
At age 23 and fresh out of college, Eliot Kohan was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. He was told he had four months to live.
An analysis of 14 studies shows children who attend day care or play groups decrease their risk of developing the most common type of childhood leukemia by 30 percent. The analysis bolsters the theory that children exposed to common infections early in life gain protection from the disease. The research was presented in April 2008 at the Causes and Prevention of Childhood Leukemia conference in London.
Indians ace Cliff Lee entered spring training having to battle for the last spot in the Cleveland rotation. He won that job in the final week before the start of the season and has yet to look back. Currently leading the majors in wins (21) and ERA (2.28), Lee sat down to talk about his miraculous season, a horrendous 2007 and the inspiration he draws from his son Jaxon, who beat Leukemia as an infant.
The actor and his caravan of bio-diesel buses head to Louisiana
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.
The head of Iraq's main humanitarian group said an 18-year-old approached him with a baby suffering from leukemia. The desperate mother said she'd do "anything" for treatment for her child -- and then offered herself up for sex.
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.
China has recalled two tainted leukemia drugs tied to "adverse reactions" in patients, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Sunday.
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.
Edward Gramlich, a former member of the Federal Reserve board who raised warnings about the housing boom, died Wednesday of leukemia. He was 68.
(Editor's Note: This is a reprint of a story first published by SI.com in March 2007)
(Editor's Note: This is a reprint of a story SI.com first published in January 2007.)
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.
The market for blood cancer treatment is heating up. And that could result in a David versus Goliath face-off, or a potentially potent partnership.
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.
Grant Brackett wanted his brother Gary to buy a Porsche. Gary bought a Yukon. This is why I love Gary Brackett.
As he battles leukemia and comes to terms with, in his words, "the final stage of life," Bill Walsh has been doing a lot of reminiscing. For all of the football moments in his memory bank -- and given that Walsh is one of the NFL's greatest-ever coaches, and pro football's preeminent franchise-builder, there are many -- one image, in particular, has retained its high-def clarity.
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.
The FDA approved a new leukemia drug from the Bristol-Myers Squibb, the company said.
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.
Duchess of York (Sarah Ferguson): DY Lorraine Hahn: LH
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.
JUST HOURS after President Bush nominated Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court, the predictable rush to judgment began. Pro-life leaders called Alito a fast train to a world without Roe v....
It was November 11, 2001, two months after the day the world changed for most Americans, that Erin Zammett's perfect world imploded.
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.
Here is what some of you predicted would happen in the next 10 or 20 years. Got a vision? E-mail it to us at Vision. Please keep your e-mail to 100-150 words, include your first and last name and where you are from, to increase the likelihood of it being published.
A medical first
Children who live close to high-voltage overhead power lines may be at an increased risk of leukemia, a British study has suggested.
That's six Ulongs gone in a row on CBS' "Survivor: Palau."
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.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was undergoing a third day of medical exams at a Paris hospital Sunday 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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