One of my favorite television shows right now is The Knick, as I described before in a post about medical history. To give you an idea of how much I'm into The Knick, I'll tell you that I signed up for Cinemax for three months just for that one show.
Commemorating the Contributions of Cancer Research Greats
March 12, 2021, by Norman E. Sharpless, M.D.
Dr. Emil Freireich, who died in February 2021, working with a blood cell separator at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Credit: National Cancer Institute
There are those moments, those events that make it the ideal time to stop and reflect on the past.
Such is the case with the passing of Dr. Emil Freireich, who died last month at the age of 93 in Houston, his long-time home. Having begun his career in the 1950s at NCI, Dr. Freireich went on to become one of the most accomplished physician–scientists to ever step into a lab or comfort a worried patient.
Veteran Ocala Police Officer Jason Douglas is eager to return to work. But his body won t allow that just yet.
Late last month, Douglas noticed he was getting tired easily and he didn t know why. He didn t think the symptoms seemed like COVID-19. He thought it was more likely that his allergies, and the effects of new medications, might be taking a toll.
Douglas eventually wound up in the Ocala Regional Medical Center emergency room. Medical staff ran tests and more tests, which led to a bone marrow biopsy. It yielded a devastating result: Douglas had acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which WebMD defines as a blood cancer that can spread to other parts of the body, such as the liver and spleen.
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