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Save a life with a simple cheek swab
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistA student organization at Virginia Tech, Good to the Bone, is hosting Be the Match Bone Marrow Registration Drive on Wednesday, April 10th in Torgersen Hall (1100) at 620 Drillfield Drive on campus. Now you can take the first step to save a life by...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Virginia Tech, Ceremonies, Lymphoma
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UPDATED: Roanoke tribute to jazz legend helps to build bone marrow registry
ReporterMarch 25th update: The search for potential bone marrow donors in Roanoke was a success. 273 people signed up and provided cheek swabs for the national bone marrow registry during events last week. The Jefferson Center coordinated the effort, with a...Tags: Concerts, Virginia Tech, Music, Lymphoma, Branford Marsalis
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Thousands take a walk at Relay for Life
ReporterMany people in our hometowns will be sleepy this weekend. But it's for a good cause. Several areas held the annual Relay for Life from Friday night to Saturday morning. "This is actually my first relay and I'm amazed at how many people are showing up,"...Tags: Cancer, Teaching and Learning, Virginia Tech, Relay for Life, William Byrd
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Cancer Drug Shortage: How the American Cancer Society is Working to Ensure Shortages Don't Happen
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterThe shortage of the cancer drug Methotrexate has many of you asking the question: "How could this ever be allowed to happen?" The American Cancer Society is concerned too. "If it affects patient care and patient health, then American Cancer Society...Tags: Cancer, Drugs and Medicines, Food and Drug Administration, Methotrexate (drug), Rheumatoid Arthritis
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DQ's Miracle Treat Day extra sweet for Roanoke girl
ReporterToday is Miracle Treat Day at Dairy Queen restaurants nationwide. At least $1 from each Blizzard Treat sold will help sick and injured children at local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Dairy Queen's promotion includes a picture of a cute...Tags: Cancer, Human Interest, Injuries and Wounds, Hospitals and Clinics, Snow Storms
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Boyle EMS officers recognized who saved kitten
Saving lives may be part of a typical day for Boyle County EMS workers Benny Myers and James Gies, but May 11 proved to be anything but typical. While returning back to the station after an emergency call, Myers and Gies were shocked to see a small kitten...
Tags: Vaccines, Social Issues
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Douglas E. Rubeck Sr., 58
Douglas Eugene Rubeck Sr., 58, of Hagerstown, Md., died Monday, May 20, 2013, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., and entered into his eternal home in Heaven. Born July 20, 1954, in Washington County, Md., he was the son of Anna Mae Bartles...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Religion and Belief, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hunt Valley, Christianity
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Tattoo artist claims contact with the dead
When Frank Sandoval was 16, his grandmother died. That, he said, was the first time he was contacted by the dead. I dreamed I went back and slid my arms under her, Sandoval said. Then I took her to a doorway. And when I walked through to a bright... -
Greencastle Relay for Life is a time to 'celebrate, remember and to fight back'
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comTina Schaubroeck of Greencastle walked around the track at Kaley Field with a renewed pep in her step during the American Cancer Society’s 19th Annual Greencastle Relay for Life on Saturday. “I just found out this past March that I am free of...Tags: Cancer, Human Interest, Relay for Life, Mammogram, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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