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Month: February, 2010

14-year old leukemia patient dies after rejecting transfusions

10 February, 2010 (07:04) | Issues and Controversies, News and Updates | By: Lightning

A 14-year-old boy died Wednesday night in Seattle, hours after a Skagit County judge affirmed his right to reject treatment.
Dennis Lindberg, of Mount Vernon, died around 6 p.m. at Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle. As a Jehovah’s Witness, Lindberg refused blood transfusions in his fight against leukemia, against doctors’ advice that he [...]

Dangers of Leukemia and Other Forms of Blood Cancers

1 February, 2010 (13:01) | Health And Fitness | By: Lightning

People suffering from leukemia suffer from one of the deadliest types of blood cancers. It is specifically, a form of cancer of the white blood cells.In modern-day practice, leukemia can also refer to malignancy in the blood or any cellular element in the bone marrow, wherein, the white blood cells multiply uncontrollably. This results to [...]