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...Harvard Cancer Society’s two-day minority bone marrow drive began yesterday, aiming to decrease the gap between Caucasian and minority registered volunteer donors in its semi-annual campaign...
...religions, many Asians aren’t as willing,” said Grace C. Cho ’05, a volunteer for the drive. “For example, many Asian families refuse to talk about sicknesses, and other family members don’t even know bone marrow is needed...
Students don’t actually donate bone marrow at the drive. Instead, they complete paperwork to join the National Bone Marrow Registry and give a drop of blood from their finger so they become potential donors...
Riederer said doctors classified her injury as a crush injury to the left leg and foot, with her ankle being the only broken bone. She said she has lost one of four muscle groups...
Dallek believes that many of Kennedy's worst difficulties can be traced to the corticosteroids he took, perhaps starting as early as 1937, to relieve his colitis, an ulcerous inflammation of the upper bowel. Their heavy long-term use can promote osteoporosis--progressive bone disintegration. They also suppress the body's immune system, leading to the kind of serious infections Kennedy frequently suffered. But other common side effects are hair that stays thick and dark, plus skin that turns the yellow-gold of a permanent suntan. Another would be intensified sexual drive. All of which suggest that Kennedy's very...