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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

chronic myelogenous leukemia

Harvey Weinstein appears in criminal court in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)
October 22, 2024, 10:10 am
Harvey Weinstein being treated for cancer in prison
Disgraced Hollywood mogul, 72, diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia while awaiting retrial at New York’s Riker’s Island on rape and sexual assault charges
By AFP
Hockey player Sam Fields was diagnosed with cancer at age 27, just weeks before he was scheduled to go to NHL training camp. (Courtesy ICRF/via JTA)
March 11, 2017, 4:57 pm
Miracle drug with Israeli roots saves Jewish hockey player hit with cancer
In 2003, when Sam Fields was given two weeks to live, Gleevec wasn’t known to help his condition. 14 years later, back from death’s door, the athlete says without it, he simply ‘wouldn’t be here’
By Abigail Pickus
Illustrative photo of breast-feeding (CC BY-ND hugabub.com, Flickr)
June 1, 2015, 11:46 pm
Breast-feeding may lower leukemia risk, Israeli study finds
Research indicates nursing babies at 19% lower risk of developing blood cancer than those who are formula-fed
By AFP
Illustration from the new book 'Tiny Dynamo,' which promotes the most important and interesting innovations to emerge from Israel. (photo credit: Courtesy Megan Flood)
April 15, 2013, 5:24 am
65 years of innovation, from Rummikub to the ‘God Particle’
A timeline chronicling vital, fascinating breakthroughs produced by Israelis in the lifespan of the modern state
By Marcella Rosen
Pills at the Teva factory in Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem (illustrative photo; credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
From the WebOctober 26, 2012, 6:32 pm
FDA approves Teva leukemia drug
The treatment, to be marketed under the brand name Synribo, will be used to treat a type of blood and bone marrow cancer
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