MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'blood cancer'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642915&cid=t_186229_136_f&fid=36162&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myelomablog.com%2F2011%2F03%2F27%2Fferraro-developed-pneumonia%2F This is from the AP. Other reports mentioned only “complications,” which we now know to be pneumonia. It’s very common for myeloma patients to develop pneumonia. Ferraro died at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she had gone Monday for a procedure to relieve back pain caused by a fracture. Such fractures are common in people with her type of blood cancer, multiple myeloma, because of the thinning of their bones, said Dr. Noopur Raje, the Mass General doctor who treated her. Ferraro, however, developed pneumonia, which made it impossible to perform the procedure, and it soon became clear she didn’t have long to live, Raje said. Since she was too ill to return to New York, her family went to Boston. Raje said it seemed Ferraro held out until her husband and three ... beth's myeloma blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642915 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:20:46 +0100 4642915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3589017&cid=t_186229_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fbreast-cancer-survivors-can-donate-blood%2F I have been under the completely mistaken assumption that breast cancer survivors can’t be blood donors. Somewhere, I heard that if you had been diagnosed with cancer and then also had chemotherapy, you were not eligible to give blood. I think about giving blood often and urge family members and friends to give. I have often wished that I could contribute to blood banks and drives, but truly believed that having had breast cancer eliminated me. Yesterday I decided I really didn’t know for sure and that I should look into it. On its list of eligibility requirements for blood donation, the American Red Cross states that people diagnosed with cancer can donate if the cancer was treated successfully and at least 12 months have passed with no cancer recurrence. This is a change from their p... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3589017 Fri, 21 May 2010 21:09:01 +0100 3589017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3172176&cid=t_186229_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FeRIMicFz4UA%2Fpatients-for-a-moment-down-and-dirty Sifting through the emotional, administrative, and financial trauma of dealing with illness, being sick ultimately all comes back to the body.  So for this installment of Patients for A Moment, we asked that bloggers submit posts about the down and dirty physical world of their disease. Ever pulled a serious MacGyver providing your own home healthcare with saline solution and a turkey baster?  Duncan Cross has and writes about it in on the Duncan Cross post Duncan 1, Hospital 0. “I guess if I had a choice, I’d rather wake up next to some ugly guy that I don’t remember meeting – not that, that has ever happened to me before – because it’s really bad when the party you don’t want to wake up next to is yourself…”  Need I say more about Leslie Rott’s post The Ultimate Co... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3172176 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:33:42 +0100 3172176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615361&cid=t_186229_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2Fmgg_jApUR7Y%2F Bone marrow is the seat of stem cells which give rise to the cells that circulate in blood. These cells are: Red cells (erythrocyte) - carry oxygen White cells (leukocyte) - fight infections Platelets (thrombocyte) - help with blood clotting Blood Cell Lineage Image source: Wikipedia There are a number of diseases in which the bone marrow stem cells may die, be replaced by fibrous tissue or by cancer which then leads to decreased blood cells. This defect will then lead to fatigue, tiredness (due to decreased red cells), repeated infections (due to decreased white cells) and easy bleeding (due to decreased platelets). The technique of harvesting stem cells from a donor bone marrow for transplant to a recipient whose marrow is not functioning is a life saving procedure. Howe... Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2615361 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:49:46 +0100 2615361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556102&cid=t_186229_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D7329 CONCLUSION: We conclude that Live blood analysis may have no clinical significance. 2. Complementary and alternative allergy tests : review article. Morris, Adrian 2006 This article reviews the common tests employed by complementary and alternative medical practitioners to diagnose allergies and intolerances. These tests include VEGA, applied kinesiology, hair analysis, auriculocardiac test, stool and live blood analysis, leucocytotoxic tests and IgG ELISA tests. None of these tests has proven to be as accurate as specific IgE measurement in allergy diagnosis and they cannot be recommended. 3. eMJA 2004; 180 (12): 647-648: Good medicine and bad medicine: science to promote the convergence of “alternative” and orthodox medicine - poses a question which those in charge of ethics should p... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556102 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2556102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2017616&cid=t_186229_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D5483 A team led by Stanford researchers has developed a prototype blood scanner that can find cancer markers in the bloodstream in early stages of the disease, potentially allowing for earlier treatment and dramatically improved chances of survival.read more | digg story a New blood scanner detects even faint indicators of cancer (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2017616 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2017616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1990808&cid=t_186229_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D5428 You might have come across this recent article in The Star by Dr. KW Leong In my line of work, at times it is very difficult to convince patients that many of those with cancers and leukaemias can be treated, with many being cured. Many of them continue to live normal lives when the disease is cured or controlled. There is no denying that the treatment may be difficult or even dangerous at times, but the outcome (results) speaks for itself. This difficulty stems from advice given by lay people and even some doctors, who are either ill informed or have ulterior motives. One of my patients with acute leukaemia, who went into clinical depression, did not sleep for days and became psychotic after being told her condition resulted from her not praying enough. She required anti-psychotic medicat... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1990808 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1990808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668762&cid=t_186229_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F351321495%2F Amgen has recently been told by the FDA to reword the labeling of its flagship anemia drugs - Aranesp and Procrit - to further restrict their use in treating cancer patients. The move, which the F.D.A. announced on Wednesday, represents the first time the agency has invoked authority under a 2007 law that empowered it to order changes in a drug’s prescribing information. Previously, the F.D.A. could only negotiate with a drug’s manufacturer to change the label. Sales of the drugs, Aranesp and Procrit, have already plummeted in the last year because of studies suggesting that their use to treat the anemia caused by chemotherapy could actually make cancer worse or shorten lives. Procrit is manufactured by Amgen but sold under license by Johnson & Johnson. Read more from NY Times. Tag... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668762 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:09:34 +0100 1668762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1118271&cid=t_186229_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F206902926%2F A new experimental drug has been found by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Cancer Institute researchers to be effective against a highly resistant mutation in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The said new drug candidate - SGX393 - has been found to inhibit most resistant mutations — including T315I — both in mouse models and in patient cells in laboratory studies. This drug candidate could build on the legacy of Gleevec, which has been the gold standard for treating this leukemia and was developed by Brian Druker, M.D., director of the OHSU Cancer Institute. Despite Gleevec’s success, some CML patients develop resistance to Gleevec, often due to mutations that interfere with drug binding. The second-generation drugs Sprycel and Tasigna have been developed as large... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1118271 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:50:46 +0100 1118271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1046824&cid=t_186229_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F189247175%2F This study shows that this new class of drugs is a critical advance toward meeting that need. The last five to ten years have been the most wonderful time to be a physician treating multiple myeloma, thanks to advances like lenalidomide. Twenty, thirty years ago, there wasn’t much we could do for these patients. We couldn’t really treat the disease effectively so we tried to treat the symptoms with only two or three types of chemotherapy and radiation, which of course have their own negative side-effects. Now, we have this new, highly effective class of drugs with very low side effects. Before, we hoped for a positive response in patients. Now, we expect one. Thanks to new agents like lenalidomide, we’ve been able to convert this disease from a killer to more of a chronic... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1046824 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:48:39 +0100 1046824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1020091&cid=t_186229_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F183396354%2F According to a new study from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the anti-leukemia drug dexamethasone contributes to a relentless fatigue and poor quality of sleep in children undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) – thereby suggesting that clinicians could improve the quality of life for these children by developing new methods of drug administration that reduce or eliminate these side effects. Although effective in the treatment of ALL, dexamethasone could also cause a variety of side effects in children, including fatigue. The St. Jude team showed that dexamethasone significantly increased patients?fatigue, length of daytime naps, frequency of awakening at night and the amount of restlessness during sleep. The findings also suggest that before initia... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1020091 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:59:47 +0100 1020091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=934136&cid=t_186229_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F166739483%2F The drug imatinib has been found to drive cancer into remission in people with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). But CML often returns when treatment is stopped. Now, according to a new research by a team from UC-Irvine, imatinib could cure CML under certain circumstances if it is taken over a long enough period of time. According to mathematician Natalia Komarova and biologist Dominik Wodarz (respectively): “There is evidence that a complete cure is possible. Several patients have been reported to have no symptoms after two months without therapy, which is thought to suggest a complete cure. This evidence supports our theory. Basically, one has to be on therapy long enough for all of the stem cells to wake up and be killed by the drug. The model requires the number of cancer cells tha... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=934136 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:45:14 +0100 934136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=815157&cid=t_186229_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F22%2Fwrong-cancer-drug-prescription-costs-walgreens-millions%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Daily newsOn Friday, Walgreen Co. was ordered by a jury to pay $25.8 million to the family of a cancer patient given a medication that caused a stroke and then several years later, death. Beth Hippely was prescribed Warfarin, a blood thinner, in 2002 while being treated for breast cancer. According to court documents, the prescription she received at a Walgreen's pharmacy was 10 times what it should have been. The overdose caused a cerebral hemorrhage which led to permanent bodily injury, disability, pain, and then death. Hippely, a mother of three, died at the age of 46. Apparently, the error occurred when a 19-year-old pharmacy technician misfiled the prescription. Hippely's family has been seeking justice for five years."We're truly sorry for what the Hippely... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=815157 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 815157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=690000&cid=t_186229_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F22%2Ftraining-immune-system-to-kill-nasopharyngeal-cancer%2F Filed under: Throat Cancer, Clinical Trials, Research, Diets, Head and Neck cancerNasopharyngeal cancer is most prevalent in South China and kills one in every three victims. The disease is thought to be linked to diets rich in preserved foods, like salted fish. Scientists will soon test an experimental treatment for nose and throat cancer that will train the patient's own white blood cells to fight the disease. Some classes of T-cells have memory. Once these cells are taken from the patient and are exposed to invaders that they successfully fought off, they should launch the same response when they are re-introduced back into the patients own body. One of the researchers stated "We expect the T-cells to initiate a very aggressive inflammatory reaction and during the process, not only will... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=690000 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 690000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675437&cid=t_186229_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F13%2Flittle-cancer-survivors-peddle-lemonade-for-a-cure%2F Filed under: Childhood Cancers, Leukemia, Chemotherapy, Fundraisers, Daily newsThe two little girls who recently fashioned their own cardboard lemonade stand and sold their homemade refreshments for 50 cents a cup are not your typical lemonade entrepreneurs. What makes them stand out from the usual crowd of lemonade peddlers? These girls -- Emily is four and Lily is six -- are both cancer patients, undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia and raising money for cancer research.The two met last year at the Omaha Children's Hospital cancer clinic. Their mothers became fast friends, worked together on a neighborhood garage sale, and invited the little girls to set up a lemonade stand. The idea came from the story of another little girl, diagnosed with cancer just before her fir... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675437 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 675437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=499938&cid=t_186229_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F25%2Fwhite-house-press-secretary-tony-snow-heads-for-surgery%2F Filed under: Colon and Rectal Cancer, Politics, Daily news, Celebrity news, Cancer Survivors, SurgeryWhite House press secretary and colon cancer survivor Tony Snow asks the public to refrain from jumping to conclusions regarding the surgery he will have on Monday to remove a growth from his lower abdomen.Blood tests and a CAT scan of the growth show no presence of cancer, he reports. But still, he and doctors are proceeding cautiously due to his history. Snow, a former Fox News radio and television talk show host, was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, when he was a commentator at Fox. Two months after surgery, he returned to the air and then became White House press secretary in April 2006.Snow's plan is to be back behind the podium a few weeks after surgery, when he has a better ide... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=499938 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 499938