Archive for December, 2009

New nursing expertise to aid children with cancer (The Press)

A Christchurch nurse will be the country’s first nurse practitioner in paediatric oncology.

Walking the country for bone marrow (The Daily Triplicate)

“Swab a cheek, save a life.” That’s what the cards say that Jeana Moore from Deer Park, Wash., has been passing out to people she meets on her journey walking down the West Coast and eventually to New York. Moore was in Crescent City this week, meeting and talking with locals about how to become a bone marrow donor and the new technology that makes the process of donating much easier.

Local couple take a gamble on hope … (The Ambler Gazette)

Over the past two-and-a-half years, Bob and Janine Zinski have experienced both the highest highs and the lowest lows. The Blue Bell couple met, fell deeply in love and married; Bob was diagnosed with stage IV inoperable cancer.

Fleming OK after latest cancer surgery (The Arab Tribune)

Marshall County Commission Chairman Doug Fleming underwent what appeared to be successful cancer surgery at Vanderbilt Hospital. Monday morning doctors removed a portion of his liver where the early-stage cancer had been detected.

Family demonstrates unbreakable spirit dealing with child’s brittle bone disease (The Muskegon Chronicle)

Chronicle/Cory Morse John and Stephanie Davidson of Muskegon are pictured with their 15-month-old daughter, Leah, who has Osteogenesis Imperfecta, sometimes known as Brittle Bone Disease. Leah has broken her bones more than 70 times.





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