Marrow donation saves sister's life Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Add a comment NOBLE — Makenzie Driever, 8, is a "rough-and-tumble girl.” When bruises started showing up on Makenzie’s body last May, her parents didn’t think much about it at first....

Marrow donation saves sister's life Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment NOBLE — Makenzie Driever, 8, is a "rough-and-tumble girl.” When bruises started showing up on Makenzie’s body last May, her parents didn’t think much about it at first....

Was man cured of AIDS? Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment BERLIN — An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his...

Teenager chooses death over transplant Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Comments 3 LONDON — A 13-year-old British girl who has undergone nearly a dozen surgeries in her young life has refused a heart transplant operation — a decision that may ultimately lead to her...

Son’s leukemia battle inspires fundraising Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment Tracy Whitaker remembers how she and her husband, John, would whisper into son Mitchell’s ear when he was in the hospital. "Keep fighting,” they would say as they kissed him...

Walk for hope Saturday Sun, Nov 2, 2008 | Add a comment Walk for hope Saturday Take a "Garden Walk for Hope and Awareness” at 9 a.m. Saturday at the University of Oklahoma Health Biomedical Research Center, 975 NE 10, and learn about the...

Melba Lovelace Fri, Oct 3, 2008 | Comments 1 After writing Melba’s Swap Shop column seven days a week for 17 years, I decided to retire so my husband, John Abrams, and I could travel. And we did. From Canada to Mexico, from Hawaii to...

Clinical trials Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Clinical trials are often a last resort for cancer patients — yet fewer than 5 percent of adults with the disease take part in them. Clinical trials are how doctors and researchers ensure new...

Shea Adamson Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Name: Shea Adamson Age: 32 Type of cancer: Hodgkin’s lymphoma Date diagnosed: Aug. 17, 2005 Where she is in treatment: In remission Treatment center: Cancer Specialists of Oklahoma (Oklahoma...

Training virus fighters Wed, Jun 21, 2006 Oklahoma City scientists are using the body’s own inner workings to find future treatments for leukemia, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and type I diabetes. Oklahoma...

Agencies organize blood drive Mon, Jun 5, 2006 The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control is working with the Oklahoma Blood Institute and the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic to coordinate a law enforcement blood drive. The...

2nd-grader donates hair for relative Thu, May 18, 2006 NORMAN -- Cassidy Williams had her long, blond ponytail cut off this week for a good cause. Two years ago, Cassidy decided to not cut her hair so she eventually could donate it to the Locks of...

Students pinch pennies for patients Thu, May 18, 2006 NORMAN - Students at Eisenhower Elementary School are learning that just a few cents can make a difference in the life of a sick child. For the past two weeks, students have been participating in...

OU's original Little Red dies of leukemia Thu, May 18, 2006 NORMAN - Phil Waller died early Thursday morning knowing that he had been a part of a lasting legacy. Waller was the original Little Red, the University of Oklahoma's Indian mascot from the late...

OU/Nebraska game tickets donated to area charity Thu, May 18, 2006 NORMAN -- Mary Jane Hulin is all too familiar with what leukemia can do to a family. When she was 11, she lost her father to the disease. When she was an adult and eight months pregnant with her...