May 23, 2013

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Bone Marrow Registry List

FILE - In this June 3, 2010 file photo, Dr. Steven Birnbaum works with a patient in a CT scanner at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. The American Cancer Society says there now is enough evidence to recommend screening certain older, heavy smokers for lung cancer. The society is releasing new guidelines Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 that advise annual CT lung scans for people ages 55 to 74 who have smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 30 years or the equivalent, such as two packs a day for 15 years. Research shows that screening these people can cut the risk of dying of lung cancer by 20 percent. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

An Enterprise woman's battle with an aggressive form of leukemia leads to folks registering as bone marrow donors.
Amanda McMillan’s church family at green hill Presbyterian in Enterprise sponsored the event. A simple cotton swabbing of a person's mouth places' them in a national registry of potential donors. Recently..., a donor was found for Amanda…

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