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Dec 01, 2006 -
Marcia is pregnant with twins and showed off her quickly growing belly yesterday at the Modern Mom Mingle which benefits the Children's Health Environmental Coalition. The 44-year-old newlywed says she feels so blessed to be pregnant for the first time with twins at her age. She spoke a bit about her pregnancy experiences so far.
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Oct 08, 2008 -
In This Report
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Outlook
- Staging and Treatment Guide...
- Treatment Options by Stage...
- Radiation Treatments
- Chemotherapy
- Transplantation
- Immunotherapy
- Resources
- References
HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M
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Drug Warning
Chemotherapy can cause anemia, a drop in red blood cell (hemoglobin) levels. Erythropoiesis-stimulating drugs, which boost the production of red blood cells, are administered to counteract this complication. However, these drugs, including epoietin alfa (Epogen, Procrit) and darbepoietin alfa (Aranesp), can also cause serious side effects and adversely affect survival when hemoglobin levels are raised too high.
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Dec 07, 2007 -
Toy recalls have us worried, but what about the stuffed animals, games and products that we don't hear anything about? Since the government doesn't impose stiff regulations on toy companies, how can we ensure the stuff we're handing our children to play with is safe?The Ecology Center, a Michigan-based nonprofit organization's latest project in conjunction with the Washington Toxic Coalition and other environmental health groups, HealthyToys.org is a website where parents can check more than 1,200 children's toys by name, type or brand for harmful chemicals — lead, cadmium, arsenic and other toxins.
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