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June 2011 A new internet monthly MPN magazine, MPN Forum was pubished Wedsnesday, June 15. The premier issue features Dr. Claire Harrison on rethinking MPNs, a tribute to Karl, plus features, columns and photos from the MPN Community. Check out this great new resource at www.mpnforum.com

May 2011 The cluster of polycythemia vera that has been identified in the area surrounding a Superfund site in Pennsylvania has produced some questions on whether PV may be under-diagnosed. One investigator, Dr. Roda, has suggested that the prevalence of PV has been steady, but not diagnosed as widely as it is now that there… Read More »QUESTIONS REMAIN ON PENNSYLVANIA PV CLUSTER

November 2010By Ann Brazeau The MPD Foundation hosted a patient educational symposium in San Diego on October 25, 2010 at the UCSD Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla. Each speaker commended the attendees for taking an active role in learning about their rare blood cancer and for supporting research and awareness efforts to ensure better… Read More »MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION’S SAN DIEGO SYMPOSIUM BRINGS THE EXPERTS TO THE PATIENTS

October 2010 Click here to read about a New Jersey MF patient and her struggle with MF.

October 2010 By Zhenya Senyak Eileen Wiggins – Out of the blue Eileen Wiggins is a practical woman, straightforward, no nonsense. So when she started feeling tired most all the time and losing a little weight – not that she couldn’t afford to drop a few pounds here and there but for her age she… Read More »WHITE PAPER: NATURE, NURTURE, OR BOTH?

Like the MPD Foundation, the United Kingdom’s MPD-Support has a free newsletter available to patients and other members of the MPD community. To download their latest edition of MPD Life click here.

After Nora Sutton’s step-father Pete was diagnosed with Myelofibrosis she decided to do something about it. Knowing that more research is needed to provide better care and treatments for MPD patients, Nora took it upon herself to sign up for the Hartford Half Marathon in October. Money she raises will go to MPD Foundation to… Read More »FOR PETE’S SAKE: AN MF PATIENT’S STEP-DAUGHTER GOES AFTER A CURE FOR MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS

September 2010 The Tri-County Polycythemia Vera Community Advisory Committee was formed as a result of the discovery of a cluster of Polycythemia Vera (PV) patients in Luzerne, Schuylkill and Carbon counties in Pennsylvania. Their role is in part to educate the community about PV. On September 22nd the Committee is hosting a meeting to allow… Read More »PENNSYLVANIANS MEETING SEPTEMBER 22ND TO GET EDUCATED ON PV

Annette DeBow, a polycythemia vera patient, will begin hiking the High Sierras on July 15 2010. Her goal is to raise money for MPD research with the MPD Foundation as the recipient of her effort. The Sacramento Bee recently wrote about Annette and her quest and it’s benefit to the MPD community. Annette will undertake… Read More »ANNETTE DEBOW’S TREK FOR A CURE STARTS THIS WEEK!