The latest medical news on Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. As they say, no news is good news. I’ve been taking the immunosuppressing drug Tacrolimus (“Tacro”) for the pa...

Between 3 and 4% of Americans are immunocompromised. People with HIV, recipients of organ transplants, cancer patients and others whose immune syst...

My appointment at NIH last week went really well. The nurses and I were really excited about my labs. They were great. Some of my counts we...

When the girls were little I remember people coming up to me while we were at the park, or a store, and saying "cherish these times, they g...

I've written several posts in my mind over the last few months but have not found the time, or the energy, to sit down at the computer. Fee...

I am coming up on my monthly trip back to the NIH. It is a biggie with all the extra testing done every 6 months (i.e., bone marrow biopsy,...

It is maybe an unusual way for a love affair to start. Last week I woke up with a horrible pain in my neck. I took some Tylenol and thought...

Drug resistance is a major obstacle in cancer treatment -- leading to relapse for many patients. In a new study, researchers report on a promising ...

Researchers determined which cells are involved in Krabbe disease and by which mechanism. They discovered that both myelin-forming cells, or Schwan...

We are definitely living in crazy times. I have become obsessed with reading the news daily. I was terrified a few months ago as I read abo...

Monday I restart chemo at my local cancer care center. It is almost a relief to have a date and plan set. I will get infusions of penostati...

Hematopoietic stem cells from a healthy donor can help patients suffering from acute leukemia. However, the side effects of therapies are often sev...