Thoughts on Geraldine Ferraro, and Myeloma

Like many New Yorkers, feminists?, hematologists and other people, I was saddened to learn yesterday of Geraldine Ferraro‘s death. The Depression-era born mother, attorney, criminal prosecutor, Congresswoman, 1984 Democratic VP-candidate and part-time neighbor to yours truly, succumbed to complications of multiple myeloma at the age of 75. Myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells – […]

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Tennis News and Why a Healthy Young Woman Might Get a Pulmonary Embolism

Yesterday I learned that Serena Williams, the tennis pro, has been treated for a pulmonary embolus. My husband found out this morning upon reading the newspaper. He wondered why this would happen to a strong, young, athletic woman. Without delving into the private or specific aspects of her case: A pulmonary embolism, or PE in […]

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Steve Jobs Takes a Medical Leave

The big health story of the week, headlining the business news, is that Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder and usual CEO, is taking another medical leave. This is hardly a surprising development, given that the 55 year old corporate leader has had a complex medical course since at least 2003. In August, 2004 he told Apple […]

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The Loss of Elizabeth Edwards

Dear Readers, I am sad to learn of the death of Elizabeth Edwards, who died earlier today of metastatic breast cancer at the age of 61. She has taught countless people about what it’s like to live with cancer. My thoughts are with her family now. -ES Related Posts:No Related Posts

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Noting the Death of Jill Clayburgh Who Lived For 21 Years With a Chronic Form of Leukemia

I was saddened yesterday to learn of the death of Jill Clayburgh. The 66 year old actress died on Friday in her Connecticut home. According to ABC news and the LA Times among other reports, she’d had chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) for 21 years. This means she lived with CLL for nearly a third of […]

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