Items Tagged ‘bone marrow transplant’
June 19, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Wall Street Journal Effort Seeks to Reduce […]
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August 29, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
August 30, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
Tags: 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare, anesthesiologist, Big News Network, biochemist, blood loss, BMJ, Boise State Public Radio, bone marrow transplant, Breast Cancer, breast cancer research, breast feeding, British Medical Journal
September 5, 2012
Mayo Clinic in Arizona Reaches 1,000th Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Milestone
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona recently reached a milestone by performing its 1,000th adult bone marrow transplant. Mayo Clinic’s BMT program, in collaboration with Phoenix Children’s Hospital, is the largest BMT program in Arizona… “This milestone represents Mayo Clinic’s commitment to the highest-quality care for these extremely compromised patients, […]
Tags: Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, bone marrow transplant, Dr. Roberta Adams, HealthCanal, Pheonix Children's Hospital
June 12, 2012
GMA Anchor Announces She Has Rare Blood Disorder
An announcement by Robin Roberts has had a ripple effect across the country. Many people are now talking about bone marrow donations. This morning, the Good Morning America anchor said she has a rare disorder called Myelodysplastic Syndrome, or MDS. She will need chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant…”If people do not have that, then […]
Tags: bone marrow transplant, Dr. Sandeep Basu, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Robin Roberts, WOOW Eau Claire
November 6, 2009
Rochester eighth-grader eyes a cure
Active 13-year-old Will Dickes likes to skateboard, enjoys Boy Scouts and plays the drums in a way that only a parent with a drummer in the house can understand… But Will, an eighth-grader at Kellogg Middle School, has shown grit unparalleled by even tae kwon do standards while suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, going […]
Tags: bone marrow transplant, leukemia
November 5, 2009
A little boy is looking for a donor to help save his life. Now a new event could help him, an others around the globe, to just that. “He’s very respectful, very quiet,” said Mayo Clinic Doctor Vilmarie Rodriguez. “Very outgoing and he just attracts people to him,” said Will’s mother Loretta […]
Tags: bone marrow transplant, leukemia