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Posts with tag non-hodgkins lymphoma

Hep C and Non-Hodkins Lymphoma: A connection

If living with Hepatitis C isn't trying enough, studies are showing that people living with the chronic condition are at a greater risk for developing Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, based on research done on US soldiers living with Hep C. Hep C is a disease characterized by an inflamed liver, and it has also been linked to Liver Cancer. There's no vaccine, and it's spread by an exchange of bodily fluids.

The immune system of people living with chronic Hep C is constantly taxed, and it's believed this is the reason behind the link between these two diseases. Hep C, as the article points out, affects more than four million people in the United States, and afflicts men more than women.

Goldenpalace.com wins eBay auction for child's artwork

In March, we introduced you to Maddox Johnson, a little boy battling non-hodgkins T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. To help his parents pay for his medical expenses, Maddox decided to create art and auction the work on eBay.

Goldenpalace.com, known for making unusual eBay purchases and launching unique and unusual advertising campaigns, placed the winning bid for Maddox's current eBay artwork auction, by paying more than $2,873 dollars for the watercolors.

Goldenpalace.com is not shy about admitting it becomes involved in eBay auctions guaranteed to make the news. Past  eBay purchases have included actor William Shatner's kidney stone and a grilled cheese sandwich with the image of the Virgin Mary. The Goldenpalace.com purchase of Maddox's artwork will surely raise public awareness for a seven-year-old boy fighting cancer and helping to pay for his chemotherapy treatments with his artwork.

Photo: Maddox arm-wrestling his physician. Maddox is winning!

How's Maddy doing? blogging teen cancer

The Yates family blogs How's Maddy doing? about Madeleine "Maddy" Yates, a teen diagnosed with NHL, Non-Hodgkin's Lympoma - Large B cell diffuse, in May 2005. The same day she was diagnosed, she began cancer treatment.

The Yates family keeps everyone up-to-date on Maddy's progress, family adventures and daily life by blogging How's Maddy doing? According to information in the sidebar, "It's been 294 days since Maddy's diagnosis with NHL - and 200 days since the all clear following her chemotherapy - and counting." If you can, give her a visit. If you know a teen living with cancer, let them know where to find Maddy's blog.   

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