Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 12, 2012, 9:39 pm
Do you ever think about a better world? A world where everyone has a chance to be healthy, happy, and live a full life? A world where people have something to say about what happens to them, and where voting in elections feels like and is an exercise of true democratic power? I know, I know: All th...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Apr 10, 2011, 9:26 pm
Canada’s 41st General Election is on May 2nd, and it represents one of the most critical elections in recent memory. Five years of minority government have only highlighted the deteriorating state of Canadian politics, and this has turned many people off of voting. Broken promises and a focus on w...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Oct 1, 2010, 8:05 pm
Looking back, it’s been almost two years since my most recent diagnosis and almost a year and a half since my stem-cell transplant, and I have been very fortunate to have suffered relatively few negative effects from my treatment or as a result of my transplant. Sure, I have had the odd bump here ...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jul 17, 2010, 8:17 pm
Surviving cancer is a big deal, and it’s hard not to pretend it is a huge part of your life and identity. At the same time, a lot of people would just as soon leave that part of their lives behind; all the questions and comments only serve to remind of painful treatments and perhaps just how close...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Feb 25, 2010, 4:06 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Feb 25, 2010, 4:06 pm
So, Canada’s medal haul yesterday was apparently tied for the highest single day total for us in the Olympics. The question is, so what? Would anything have been any different if we had been shut out? What, at the end of the day, does it mean for a country to win Olympics medals? What does it mean...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Feb 23, 2010, 9:00 am
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Feb 23, 2010, 9:00 am
My last post was about a donor recruitment campaign by the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) that I found out about through a press release published in the Armenian Reporter. In searching for more information about the ABMDR, I came across two more ABMDRs, both also donor registries: one ...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Feb 22, 2010, 1:39 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Feb 22, 2010, 1:39 pm
I had seen and bookmarked this article a while back and meant to post about it but, well, you know how it goes. I thought it was interesting as an example of a recruitment campaign in other parts of the world. The Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) is celebrating its 10th anniversary and h...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Feb 12, 2010, 5:33 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Feb 12, 2010, 5:33 pm
In my previous post I observed that having younger people register as stem cell donors would be important, given that younger donors are generally preferred and provide better outcomes for recipients and also so they are able to be viable donors for a longer period of time. Given this, I was curious...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Feb 3, 2010, 3:34 pm
When I first started thinking about finding ways to increase stem-cell and marrow donor recruitment I was thinking primarily in terms of increasing the pool of potential matches, especially for those with less-common HLA types. After all, many bone marrow drives focus around finding matches for spec...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Feb 3, 2010, 3:34 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 31, 2010, 1:34 am
One of the biggest challenges in finding a match for someone in need of a stem cell transplant is the lack of diversity in most stem cell registries. The need to match specific genetic markers means that it is most likely that a donor will be found within the same ethnic community as the recipient. ...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 31, 2010, 1:34 am
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 30, 2010, 11:50 am
Having just gotten a new comment here, I realized that my blog was still residing at this address. Having looked into redirecting it, and given the fact that there doesn’t appear to be anyone linking to it at present, I’ve decided to simply create this post to let anyone who stumbles here know t...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 16, 2010, 7:37 pm
Today (January 16th) is exactly one year since I was diagnosed with relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and admitted to the hospital. Just over 4 months later, on May 29th, I received a stem cell transplant which will hopefully result in a lasting cure. I was lucky, as I have a relatively common ...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 16, 2010, 7:37 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 13, 2010, 4:49 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 13, 2010, 4:49 pm
Yesterday’s Winnipeg Free Press featured an article revealing that a report by City police officers exaggerated the benefits of a police helicopter for the City of Winnipeg. The author of the study on which much of this report is based points out that the authors have been fairly selective in ...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 8, 2010, 4:26 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 8, 2010, 4:26 pm
When I hear of people who have been blogging for 10 years and are fixtures on the internet, I am always secretly impressed and jealous, and feel like somehow I missed the boat. The truth is, however, that while I wasn’t “blogging” per se, I did have a website in 1997, and was actua...
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Jan 1, 2010, 11:29 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Oct 5, 2009, 4:07 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Dec 5, 2008, 7:21 am
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Nov 25, 2008, 11:35 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Nov 24, 2008, 7:41 am
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Nov 14, 2008, 6:27 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Nov 8, 2008, 2:32 pm
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Nov 7, 2008, 12:59 am
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Stuart Croall posted an article on Without Leukemia - Oct 16, 2008, 10:03 pm
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