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Administrator•9 years ago

Friends The inaugural CLL Tribune launched today at http://www.cllsociety.org/newsletter/ Don't miss it. Lots of hard work by many fellow patients and...

The inaugural CLL Tribune

Friends The inaugural CLL Tribune launched today at http://www.cllsociety.org/n...

bkoffman

CLL CURE Hero•9 years ago

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Protecting my husband from my cold?

Hi. I haven't had a cold for about 4 years or so and now my son (grown up, but living with us) both have colds! My husband ( half way through cycle 5 of FCR)...

Hi. I haven't had a cold for about 4 years or so and now my son (grown up, but l...

Fran57

•9 years ago

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Join CLL Global and MD Anderson for Oct 25th Patient Forum

Dear CLL friends: Right now about 300 people are registered for the CLL educational event from with Drs. Keating, Lamanna and Estrov at MD Anderson. We have...

Dear CLL friends: Right now about 300 people are registered for the CLL educatio...

andrewschorr

•9 years ago

"One of the biggest recent controversies in medicine involves the effectiveness – or otherwise – of the antiviral drug Tamiflu. Governments around the world...

Controversies in medicine: the rise and fall of the challenge to Tamiflu

"One of the biggest recent controversies in medicine involves the effectiveness ...

Administrator•9 years ago

Researchers at Rice University have discovered that a protein found in whale meat may hold the key to developing synthetic blood. The protein, called...

Whale protein puts researchers on path to developing synthetic blood

Researchers at Rice University have discovered that a protein found in whale mea...

Administrator•9 years ago

Friends, This week on the CLL Society website, we share an interview with my trial doctor, Dr. John Byrd out of Ohio State University, discussing how CLL...

Dr. Byrd on trial design and getting drugs to market

Friends, This week on the CLL Society website, we share an interview with my tr...

bkoffman

CLL CURE Hero•9 years ago

I have been quite ill WELL thats understatment a chest sinus infection nearly killed me. Sats SPO2 89 ... anyway looking at red blood cells under microscope...

Anyone Know Whats Going On With These Blood Cells ☠

I have been quite ill WELL thats understatment a chest sinus infection nearly ki...

Hidden

•9 years ago

I have been on Ibrutinib since feb 2013... I have been in clinical remission for 8 months + . I was in a clinical study for the first 2 years and at the end...

Ibrutinib

I have been on Ibrutinib since feb 2013... I have been in clinical remission fo...

fish61

•9 years ago

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The End of Annual Flu shots?

"People’s susceptibility to flu and other viruses can often be traced to our DNA and whether we have the gene for a particular protein which blocks viruses...

"People’s susceptibility to flu and other viruses can often be traced to our DNA...

Administrator•9 years ago

"In the UK, one in 15 patients contract an infection when in hospital. Cath Noakes and Marco-Felipe King from the University of Leeds, have investigated the...

How building design influences risk of infection in hospitals

"In the UK, one in 15 patients contract an infection when in hospital. Cath Noak...

'Researchers at the University of California-San Francisco have engineered a molecular "on switch" that allows tight control over the actions of immune...

Administrator•9 years ago

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Control of CAR-T immune cells could mean safer, more precise cancer treatment for CLL and many other cancers.

'Researchers at the University of California-San Francisco have engineered a mol...

Here's another commentary and report following the iwCLL meeting of experts in Sydney, this one on the promise of second generation TkIs (tyrosine kinase...

Administrator•9 years ago

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Second Generations TKIs for CLL, An Expert Report from Sydney

Here's another commentary and report following the iwCLL meeting of experts in S...

andrewschorr

•9 years ago

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Gene editing technology - has our technology exceeded our humanity? Is our superhuman future just a few edits away?

"Breakthroughs in DNA technology are opening the door to a superhuman future. Genetic engineering pioneer George Church says we have nothing to fear"...

"Breakthroughs in DNA technology are opening the door to a superhuman future. Ge...

Administrator•9 years ago

"National dietary guidelines have become an easy target for those looking for a scapegoat for bad diets in prosperous countries. And an article just...

Expert is as expert does: in defence of US dietary guidelines

"National dietary guidelines have become an easy target for those looking for a ...

Are there different types of flu jab? should I have one ? Thanks Suzie cll stage 0

Administrator•9 years ago

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flu vaccine

Are there different types of flu jab? should I have one ? Thanks Suzie cll st...

Decodes

•9 years ago

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Bright future? Only if we keep pushing!

Hi friends, This week on the CLL Society website, I present my contrarian thoughts on the "bright future" for those of us with CLL. My concern and that of...

Hi friends, This week on the CLL Society website, I present my contrarian thoug...

bkoffman

CLL CURE Hero•9 years ago

Virus hunter Ian Lipkin from Columbia University says. "“When people analyze samples from people who are ill, they have some idea in mind. This is probably...

The New Technique that finds all known Human Viruses in Your Blood

Virus hunter Ian Lipkin from Columbia University says. "“When people analyze sam...

Remember boy bugs/girl bugs, cooties when you were a kid? Ahh the wisdom of the young! "Humans harbor diverse microbial assemblages in and on our bodies,...

Administrator•9 years ago

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We all have our own personally unique iCloud (individually distinct personal microbial Cloud)

Remember boy bugs/girl bugs, cooties when you were a kid? Ahh the wisdom of the...

Administrator•9 years ago

Only when I lay to sleep I wake with a sharp pain under my ribs right side .Its like someone is sticking a knife in me when I breath in it hurts I can't get...

Lower back pain right side under my ribs

Only when I lay to sleep I wake with a sharp pain under my ribs right side .Its ...

denali07

•9 years ago

I'm very relieved to pass on this post by Irene Irwin to the CLL ACOR list today. A 30 year study on 1.5 million recipients of blood from 2.1 million...

Blood donors relax. There is negligible risk of CLL transmission via blood donation!

I'm very relieved to pass on this post by Irene Irwin to the CLL ACOR list today...

A most unfortunate consequence of being diagnosed with CLL, is that you also get an immediate and accompanying permanent diagnosis of being immune compromised....

Administrator•9 years ago

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Explainer: how does the immune system learn?

A most unfortunate consequence of being diagnosed with CLL, is that you also get...

Analysis of 15,000 patient records from a Spanish cohort study started in 1999, has found diet may provide a protective role against depression. Given the...

Administrator•9 years ago

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Healthy Diet Reduces Depression Risk

Analysis of 15,000 patient records from a Spanish cohort study started in 1999, ...

Administrator•9 years ago

I was diagnosed with CLL about 6 weeks ago and am due for my first follow up appointment with the haematologist. Stage B wandw I have days where I feel I could...

Aches and pains

I was diagnosed with CLL about 6 weeks ago and am due for my first follow up app...

Bethan49

•9 years ago

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Red face and rash

Hi friends, This morning I had what seemed like allergic reaction - except I can't think of any possible cause. I dropped the kids to school, came home, had my...

Hi friends, This morning I had what seemed like allergic reaction - except I can...

Firefly14

•9 years ago

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Health Check: ‘food comas’, or why eating sometimes makes you sleepy

For those of us struggling with CLL related fatigue, afternoons can be really tough to get through. This article by Angus Stewart, Senior Lecturer in...

For those of us struggling with CLL related fatigue, afternoons can be really to...

Administrator•9 years ago

Prolonged TV watching linked to fatal Pulmonary Embolisms

Administrator•9 years ago