Our bodies are made up of trillions of tiny little things called cells. Each cell has a different job to do. Red blood cells give energy to our body, white blood cells fight off disease, and platelets help the body stop bleeding after getting a...
Introduction Leukemia is infamously known disease in modern times, yet a lot of people don’t have an exact understanding of what it really is, or how it started. Yet, despite being given so little attention, it raises many health concerns and affects a large portion...
Introduction Leukemia is a cancer that affects bone marrow and damages the formation of blood cells, and it is the most common childhood cancer and accounts for 30% of all childhood malignancies (Amitay & Keinan-Boker, 2015). While there are several forms of childhood leukemia, acute...
Leukemia is a psychosocial type of illness that results in the production of a high number of under-developed white blood cells called blasts. The subject is a 27years old Caucasian lady who was diagnosed with chronic Leukemia after being admitted to a hospital with a...
On February 2nd, 2013 at Chicago Academy High School I participated in the Leukemia Lymphoma walk in the cold walk-a-thon. It was a great experience, and I’m glad I choose it as a service learning project. We walked around the neighborhood according to the map...
