May 25, 2013

Evander Holyfield Jr. Saves Life with Bone Marrow Donation

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*People magazine is reporting that the 29-year-old son of former heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield saved the life of an ailing 19-year-old woman by giving her his bone marrow. Darian Craig was just 3 years old when she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a cancerous tumor that affects mostly infants. She was given less than a [...]




Robin Roberts ‘Much Better’ After Brief Hospitalization

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“Robin Roberts says she’ll be back on “Good Morning America” next week after suffering a health setback while on vacation in Florida. The “GMA” co-host re-joined George Stephanopoulos in February after nearly six months off the air to battle to fight myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare bone marrow and blood disorder. She received a bone marrow [...]




Emotional ‘GMA’ Return for Robin Roberts (Watch)

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*Five months after a bone-marrow transplant to treat a rare blood disorder, it was back to work for “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts this morning, and she was received in grand style. “I have been waiting 174 days to say this: ‘Good Morning America,’ ” she told the audience. [Scroll down to watch.] Billed [...]




Robin Roberts Returning to ‘GMA’ on Feb. 20

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*Good Morning America announced Thursday that co-anchor Robin Roberts will return to the show on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Roberts, 52, took medical leave following a successful bone-marrow transplant in September 2012 to treat myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare blood disorder. After a “dry run” at work in January, Roberts was given the go signal from her [...]




Robin Roberts in New Orleans Hometown for GMA’s ‘Tailgate’

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*“Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts will return to her New Orleans hometown on Friday for the first time since recovering from a bone marrow transplant.. The occasion is “GMA’s” Super Tailgate Party from the city hosting Sunday’s Super Bowl. Tim McGraw, Emeril and Drew Brees are the featured guests. A week ago, Roberts slipped [...]




Robin Roberts Returns to ‘GMA’ Set for Test Run

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*Robin Roberts returned to the NYC set of “Good Morning America” this morning for a private trial run to see if she’s physically ready to resume her co-hosting duties. It was her first visit to the show since undergoing a bone marrow transplant in September. Last week, Roberts explained that she would be doing a series [...]




Robin Roberts Announces GMA’ Return ‘In Weeks’ (Video)

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*Robin Roberts says her road to recovery will bring her back to the “Good Morning America” anchor desk within a matter of “weeks.” Appearing from her home on the show this morning (Jan. 14), Roberts wore a broad smile as she announced that her most recent bone marrow test showed no sign of the life-threatening [...]




Robin Roberts Back Home after Hospitalized with New Virus

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*”Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts is back at home after a week in the hospital for a latent virus that had not responded to medication. “Our immune systems usually take care of a virus like this … but mine is only 59 days old,” Roberts, who had a bone marrow transplant on Sept. 20, [...]




Robin Roberts Goes Home from the Hospital

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*Robin Roberts has informed her will-wishers that she is now home from the hospital after receiving a bone-marrow transplant last month. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “There’s no place like home. After 30 days in the hospital I’m home,” the “Good Morning America” anchor wrote this morning on Twitter, according to People. “Praise God from [...]




ABC Exploiting Robin Roberts’ Illness?

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*Robin Roberts has been 100 percent vulnerable with the public about her condition – MDS, a blood and bone marrow disease. Last week the morning news show host underwent a bone marrow transplant, with her colleagues, clad in surgical masks, by her side witnessing the process. “Good Morning America” camera crews were there to catch [...]




Robin Roberts Films Video From Hospital Bed (Watch)

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*It was all about Team Robin on “Good Morning America” as the co-anchor prepares to undergo a bone marrow transplant today. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Robin Roberts, 51, was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) earlier this year – a disease which attacks blood cells and bone. She’s spent the past 11 days in a [...]




Robin Roberts: ‘My Body is So Weak, But Not My Mind’

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*Robin Roberts gave her fans and well-wishers an update on her treatment this morning, describing her weakened physical condition during her current round of chemotherapy. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “The start of last week went well but the daily chemo/treatment caught up to me by the weekend,” she wrote in a post for “Good [...]




Robin Roberts’ Mother Lucimarian Roberts Has Died

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*Hours after “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts said goodbye to her co-workers and audience one day before her scheduled departure to start medical leave for a bone marrow transplant, her mother passed away in Mississippi. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Jeffrey W. Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, said 88-year-old Lucimarian Roberts died [...]




Robin Roberts Returns: ‘I’ve Got a Full Tank, So Watch Out’

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*Robin Roberts is back on “Good Morning America” ahead of her scheduled medical leave in a few weeks to undergo a bone marrow transplant. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The co-host told viewers Monday that says the break was restorative for her and she’s ready to go. “My needle was past E when I left [...]




GMA’s Robin Roberts ‘Not Feeling Well’; Leaves During Show (Video)

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*Just days after her appearance at the TCA press tour via satellite, where she announced that her scheduled medical leave would take place sometime in late August, early September, “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts informed her audience this morning that she isn’t feeling well, and will take off for one or two weeks before [...]