Sen. Arlen Specter is pushing legislation to expand stem cell research with the perspective of a man fighting a deadly illness. The Pennsylvania Republican has Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymph system, and is being treated with chemotherapy. (Salt Lake Tribune)

February 17, 2005

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, who has had bypass heart surgery and a brain trumor, has now been diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.

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August 22, 2004

Children who attend daycare or other preschool programs seem to have a sharply lower risk of developing Hodgkin's disease, a common childhood cancer, according to a new study. (Globe and Mail)

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