Word: leukemias
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...Skinner, a retired Harvard professor and a giant in the world of psychology, died of leukemia on August 18 in Cambridge...
...book Currents of Death was gleaned from the files of Microwave News. In a chapter titled "Watchdog" he describes Slesin's unrelenting coverage of the landmark studies linking low-level electromagnetic fields to the increased incidence of miscarriage, birth defects and various forms of cancer, especially brain tumors and leukemia. In the July 9 issue of the New Yorker, Brodeur returned to the subject with a detailed story about a cancer cluster in Guilford, Conn. Over a period of 20 years, four residents of a street with nine homes on it developed brain tumors, and most of their neighbors suffered...
...rest (as the word has gone out, an ever increasing percentage), it is an act of man. They, of course, deserve our care and treatment. But it is hard to see from where they derive the claim to be first in line -- ahead of those dying of leukemia and breast cancer and stroke -- for the resources and compassion of a nation...
...Angeles couple, Abe and Mary Ayala, has taken just such an unusual step. In April, Mary will give birth to a baby girl who was purposely conceived to serve as a bone-marrow donor for her ailing older sister. Anissa, 17, was found to have a virulent form of leukemia nearly two years ago, and her only hope is a transplant of compatible bone marrow that could allow her to produce healthy white blood cells. Tests indicate that the baby has compatible tissue. With marrow from her sister, Anissa has a 70% chance of & being cured. Says...
...they paid Kite's board at the college, gave him pocket money and bought him a computer. They also say a Covenant House contact in upstate New York provided Kite with papers that allowed him to take the identity of Tim Warner, a young boy who died of leukemia...