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‘So Awkward' Star Archie Lyndhurst's Cause of Death at Age 19 Revealed
British teen actor Archie Lyndhurst’s mother has revealed the cause of his sudden death and shared a beautiful, yet heartbreaking tribute to her late son.
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South Carolina Family Discovers 13-Year-Old With COVID-19 Also Has Leukemia
Ariel Griffith is in intensive care and fighting for her life.
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Family Holds Blood Drive to Celebrate 3-Year-Old's Life-Saving Transplant
Looking at 3-year-old James McCarthy now, it’s hard to believe the dire situation he was facing in August 2018.
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Chicago Cubs' Javier Baez Surprises Teen Fan Battling Cancer
A 15-year-old girl battling cancer experienced quite a memorable moment on Friday when she was surprised by her idol, Chicago Cubs’ Javier “Javy” Báez.
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Teen With Leukemia Meets Chicago Cubs' Javier Baez
A 15-year-old Chicago Cubs fan battling cancer met her idol, Javier Baez on Friday. Her special surprise was thanks to the Cubs and Advocate Children’s Hospital. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.
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Medicare to Cover Breakthrough Gene Therapy for Some Cancers
Expanding access to a promising but costly treatment, Medicare said Wednesday it will cover for some blood cancers a breakthrough gene therapy that revs up a patient’s own immune cells to destroy malignancies. Officials said Medicare will cover CAR-T cell therapies for certain types of lymphoma and leukemia. The cost of the treatments can run to hundreds of thousands of...
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Full Episode: Teen Diagnosed with Cancer Gets Dream Bedroom
In 2014, Gabby DeFilippo from Livingston, NJ was diagnosed with leukemia and has bravely endured 2.5 years of daily treatment.
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Secret Service Detail for Bush, Code Name ‘Timberwolf,' Ends
After nearly 40 years of protection, the U.S. Secret Service has ended its detail for President George H.W. Bush, known by the code name “Timberwolf.”
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Bush's Granddaughter Remembers His Life, Final Moments
George H.W. Bush’s granddaughter on Sunday remembered his rich life — and his emotional final moments as she told him to say “hi to Ganny” in heaven.
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Houston Texans Founder, Owner Bob McNair Dies
Robert “Bob” McNair, billionaire founder and owner of the Houston Texans, has died. He was 81.
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Concern Grows Over Suspected Mount Greenwood Cancer Clusters
A meeting in Mount Greenwood Wednesday night saw residents expressing concerns after a spike in pediatric cancer cases.
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Childhood Cancer Rates Highest in Northeast, New CDC Map Shows
A new government cancer map shows that rates of childhood cancer are highest in the Northeast United States and lowest in the South, NBC News reported. Rates of pediatric lymphoma and brain cancer are higher in the Northeast while leukemia is more common in the West, according to the map. It isn’t clear why the rates vary and, since pediatric...
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Cancer Docs Feel Unprepared, But Recommend Marijuana Anyway
Nearly half of U.S. cancer doctors who responded to a survey say they’ve recently recommended medical marijuana to patients, although most say they don’t know enough about medicinal use. The results reflect how marijuana policy in some states has outpaced research, the study authors said. All 29 states with medical marijuana programs allow doctors to recommend it to cancer...
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Be the Match: How a Stem Cell Donation Saved Young Girl's Life
Rob Stafford shares the story of a little girl who was diagnosed with leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant. Here’s how you can help Make a Difference for her family.
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Be the Match: How a Stem Cell Donation Saved Young Girl's Life
By the time she was 8, Mya ran circles around her brothers. Then suddenly her energy disappeared, and doctors delivered the news: She was diagnosed with leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant.
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FDA Approves 1st Targeted Drug for Certain Leukemia Patients
U.S. regulators have approved the first targeted drug for certain patients with an aggressive form of leukemia. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the drug for adults with acute myeloid leukemia who have a genetic mutation called FLT3. Also OK’d was a test to identify those patients. The drug, Rydapt, known chemically as midostaurin, is used along with...
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Defibrillator Implants Can Interfere With Peaceful Death of Hospice Patients, Experts Say
Erika Barber of suburban Arlington Heights said she watched in horror in early 2009 as her stepfather, William Ruppel, repeatedly jolted in the final six hours of his life.
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North Texas Girl Takes Cancer Fight to Washington D.C.
A North Texas girl is taking her cancer fight to Washington D.C. Nine-year-old Sadie Keller is calling on Vice President Joe Biden to help make childhood cancer research a national priority.
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Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina Prepares for 7th Olympics at 41
Oksana Chusovitina will compete at her seventh Olympics when she goes to Rio de Janeiro, becoming the oldest Olympic female gymnast in history at age 41. Chusovitina, back representing her native Uzbekistan, is an anachronism in an age when gymnasts enter major competitions at 16, and most are teenagers.