nytimes.com - 15 days ago
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, known for his stamina and fitness as a player, revealed he has leukemia but says he is going public to counter the idea that it is a death sentence.
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faniq.com - 14 days ago
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62 years old Adbul-Jabbar announced in an interview
on Monday that he suffered from Chronic Myeloid leukemia,...
a disease that produces cancerous blood cells in the blood and in the bone marrow.
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Legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has Leukemia
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Kareem Has Leukemia
SLAM Online —
... Cap says he’s known about the disease for a year, and sounds optimistic and clear-headed about his battle: “Like many patients found to have this particular strain of leukemia, Abdul-Jabbar learned he had the disease while it was in its early phase. ‘In order to really deal with this situation, you have to find a specialist and follow their instructions,’ he said. ‘You have to take your medication; you have to get your blood checked regularly so that you can be monitored … It’s something that can be managed,’ he said of ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has Leukemia
The Big Lead —
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, my father’s favorite basketball player and the leading scorer in NBA history, revealed that he has leukemia. In an interview on GMA, Jabbar said that when he found out last December, he thought it was a “death sentence.” But like his former teammate who has HIV, Magic Johnson, Jabbar is doing well today. I took in my first NBA game on Dec. 17, 1985 when the Lakers visited the Knicks. LA won, as Jabbar bested 1st year pro Patrick Ewing (at least that’s how we remember it). The game was scintillating, and afterward, we memorably walked about 20 blocks in freezing weather and marveled at how a 38-year-old ...
He Has Leukemia
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... His message is awareness: For an individual who has been such a private person, the 62-year-old Abdul-Jabbar says he wants to make others aware that the disease is treatable. N.Y. Times
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NY Post: Sports 15 days ago
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and he said his prognosis is encouraging.
The NBA's all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on ...
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