FiduciaryFirst and Lauren Fernandez ask for help in their fundraising efforts to help support research for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Her record-breaking goal of $100,000 has been extended till June 30th. June 24, 2015 8:39 AM EDT Send to a Friend ORLANDO, Fla., June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — FiduciaryFirst is asking for help to…
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What a surprise and a terrific honor to be named the 2015 Woman of the Year! Thank you to everyone who contributed their time, love, support and dollars to this amazing cause – as of the night of the event we raised $93,691! The entire group raised over $1M dollars! I’m filled with gratitude for…
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One of the reasons I feel so passionate about LLS and their mission is that they aren’t just fierce about finding a cure, fast – they advocate for patients and their short and long-term quality of life. This was a particular area of concern for my mother, who was finishing her clinical psychology post-graduate studies…
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Be The Match: Hope for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, blood cancer and sickle cell disease I’m a part of the National Bone Marrow Registry. You too could save a life today, tomorrow, or sometime in the future. My mom received two stem cell transplants in her treatment, and alleogenic (donor) transplants are often used to…
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2015 Girl of the Year – Koa On July 5, 2012, three days before her 5th birthday, Koa was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). She was sent to the children’s hospital in an ambulance and spent several days in the ICU. Koa was in the hospital for almost a month and completed the…
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One of the things that I’ve been getting asked so much these last few months is: why are you doing this? It’s a lot of things, a million reasons. I thought I’d write some down. It’s because: eleven years ago, our family ran out of options to successfully treat our mother. Now, there are options,…
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Blood cancers are the #3 cancer killer in North America. Only cancers of the respiratory and digestive systems, including lung and colon cancers, are more deadly. So why is it underfunded and under-researched? Because although one million North Americans are living with a blood cancer, it pales in comparison to the 80 million with heart…
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disabled HIV virus used to treat common childhood leukemia By Melinda Carstensen Published December 08, 2014 | FoxNews.com Scientists at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have invented an immunotherapy that has successfully treated children diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). For the therapy, which began its clinical trial two…
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