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	<title>All About Leukemia</title>
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	<description>A Guide for People with Leukemia</description>
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		<title>Pale death</title>
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Leukemia is one of the most common types of cancer. It is a disease of the blood which, like very other cancer, is virtually incurable. Leukemia requires constant medication as well as a strictly reserve lifestyle. The cancer causes a certain kind of paleness to the person inflicted with the disease and also slowly but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14-year old leukemia patient dies after rejecting transfusions</title>
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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&#8217;s Hospital &#038; Regional Medical Center in Seattle. As a Jehovah&#8217;s Witness, Lindberg refused blood transfusions in his fight against leukemia, against doctors&#8217; advice that he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutleukemia.com/news-and-updates/14-year-old-leukemia-patient-dies-after-rejecting-transfusions/</link>
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		<title>Treatment Options for Leukemia (Part 1)</title>
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Leukemia treatment is approached in several ways. The decision on which approach to take is affected by various factors such as age and health condition of the patient, stage of illness, and the type of leukemia.
Chemotherapy is used to kill cancer cells with anti-cancer drugs. This involves the injection of drugs to the patient either [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutleukemia.com/management-and-treatment/treatment-options-for-leukemia-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Coping with Cancer as a Teener</title>
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In the US, approximately 600 teens between ages 15 and 19 are diagnosed with cancer. The most common cancers in teens are Hodgkin’s disease, germ cell tumors, central-nervous system tumors, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, thyroid cancer, malignant melanoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It was shown that teeners and young adults that participate in pediatric clinical trials have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutleukemia.com/general-info/coping-with-cancer-as-a-teener/</link>
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		<title>Sources of Haematopoietic Stem Cells</title>
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Stem cells for transplant are sourced from the patient himself, or from a donor. Peripheral blood stem cells are collected through a process called apheresis, where the blood is taken from the donor through a needle in one arm, then is placed in a machine that separates the white blood cells from the red blood [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutleukemia.com/general-info/sources-of-haematopoietic-stem-cells/</link>
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		<title>Preparations for Bone Marrow Transplant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once the patient decides to undergo a bone marrow transplant, preparations should be done to make sure that the operation will become a success. The patient should be healthy enough prior to the operation. Several tests will be done on the patient’s organs as a basis after the transplant, whether the organs are affected by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutleukemia.com/general-info/preparations-for-bone-marrow-transplant/</link>
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		<title>Ayurvedic treatment</title>
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In Ayurveda, Leukemia is viewed as an imbalance which results from the failure of the digestive system.  The food is not ingested and broken down properly.  This creates a poisonous slime which circulates in the body and kills the healthy parts in it.  To remedy this, the three elements of vata, pitta [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutleukemia.com/management-and-treatment/ayurvedic-treatment/</link>
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		<title>Conventional Vs. Alternative</title>
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Both sides has its good and bad sides.  Conventional treatments are tried and tested by different hospitals on may patients therefore there is a degree of certainty on methods and results.  However there are many side-effects to these kinds of treatment that until now is not yet fully remedied.  Alternative treatments are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutleukemia.com/management-and-treatment/conventional-vs-alternative/</link>
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		<title>Stem Cell Research Helps Leukemia Treatment &#8211; Big Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As expected from the budding stem cell research facilities worldwide, new insight into the ways which cells function and react to environmental stimuli is giving more surprising results such as in the case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia, a highly progressive form of leukemia that defies most of the common treatments used for diseases of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allaboutleukemia.com/information/stem-cell-research-helps-leukemia-treatment-big-time/</link>
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		<title>Obesity Management Vital to Successful Treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trimming down on fat is an effective way of ensuring the success of bone marrow transplant according to researchers. It was found that fat accumulates in the bone marrow and inhibits their blood generating capabilities by a huge degree. Lessened blood production ability results in a higher failure rate of marrow transplants due to the [...]]]></description>
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