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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids with one type of leukemia are living longer than they used to, most likely thanks to new drug combinations that mean fewer patients are relapsing after a ...

  Fewer kids dying from leukemia: study

  on March 16, 2012 - 1:10pm
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  (Reuters) - Advances in genetic profiling are paving the way for more precise, and effective, treatment of the aggressive bone marrow cancer known as acute mylogenous leukemia, or AML, ...

  Leukemia gene mutations linked to survival odds

  on March 15, 2012 - 10:00am
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  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Grammy-winning singer Etta James, who has been deemed terminally ill with leukemia, has been hospitalized in California and placed on a breathing machine, her ...

  Etta James on breathing machine in Calif. hospital

  on December 23, 2011 - 12:58pm
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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with certain conditions, including leukemia, other cancers and pregnancy, are at the greatest risk of getting sick from the food-borne bacterium ...

  Leukemia patients at greatest risk of listeriosis

  on December 23, 2011 - 11:22am
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  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Grammy-winning R&B singer Etta James is terminally ill, her live-in physician said in an interview this week that confirmed reports of the singer's fading health.

  Singer Etta James terminally ill

  on December 19, 2011 - 11:15am
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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children whose fathers smoked have at least a 15 percent higher risk of developing the most common form of childhood cancer, a new Australian study finds.

  Kids' leukemia risk tied to dads' smoking

  on December 14, 2011 - 12:49pm
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  Here in the United States we are in a high speed world. And when it comes to health problems we want a solution fast. Part of that is making sure we get the BEST solution that’s ...

  Medical Conventions Now Include Patients Too

  By Andrew Schorr HERWriter on December 8, 2011 - 3:16pm
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  Leukemia is classified by how quickly it progresses (chronic or acute) and according to the type of white blood cell that multiplies.

  Types Of Leukemia

  By Aimee Boyle on November 18, 2011 - 4:00pm
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  One day in April, 1996 a doctor, out of the blue, told me I had leukemia. "What happens now and how does it affect my future?" I thought, which most people who are diagnosed would ask.

  Should a Serious Diagnosis Steal Your Dreams?

  By Andrew Schorr HERWriter on November 17, 2011 - 2:48pm
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  Most people have heard of leukemia but still want to know, what is leukemia? The short answer is that it is a cancer of the blood cells.

  Signs, Symptoms and Definition of Leukemia

  By Aimee Boyle on November 15, 2011 - 3:37am