Ron Miles, legendary Denver-based jazz musician, educator and prolific recording and stage artist has died at 58. His death was confirmed by his label, NY-based Blue Note Records. According to a publicist there, Miles’ manager and producer Hans Wendl said that Miles died shortly before midnight on Tuesday, March 8 at his home in Denver […]
Has PV become a disease of the middle-aged?
by David Wallace Dr. Ghaith Abu-Zeinah, Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, Silver MPN Center is our MPN specialist answering this important question. David Wallace, PV Reporter, is your host and patient advocate. TRANSCRIPT | Has PV become a disease of the middle-aged? David: For many years PV been considered an older person’s disease. […]
Ruxolitinib Side Effects: New Case Report May Link Jakafi to Psychosis
This research is something that will either matter quite a bit or not at all. Frankly, it’s premature at this point. A team at King’s College Hospital in London just published a case report describing a patient who developed acute psychosis five months after starting ruxolitinib. Before we go any further, we need to […]
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month for MPNs
by Lou Ann Donovan and David Wallace National Blood Cancer Awareness Month: Spotlight on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms September marks National Blood Cancer Awareness Month, an annual event established by Congress in 2010 to shed light on various blood diseases, including the lesser-known chronic blood cancers called Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs). The statistics are sobering: every three minutes, […]