This week’s spotlight is all about Team Ficarra. Talk about longevity – the Ficarra family is one of the founders of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation!
This week’s spotlight is all about Team Ficarra. Talk about longevity – the Ficarra family is one of the founders of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation!
CAF is pleased to announce one new Cooley’s Anemia Foundation Medical Research Fellowship and one renewal Fellowship have been awarded for the 2022-2023 grant cycle. The total amount of funding for the two research Fellowships is $100,000.
February 27, 2014 – Registration is now open for CAF’s 2014 Patient~Family Conference! This amazing annual event will be held June 20-22 at the Intercontinental Chicago-O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Il. Entitled “Perspectives & Strategies for Thalassemia Care & Curative Options,” the Conference is a unique opportunity for any individual with thalssemia and their family members […]
February 25, 2014 – It may have been a rough winter, but the snow ought to be gone by May 7 – the date of the Staten Island chapter of CAF’s 10th annual Charity Golf Outing! This annual event has become one of the most anticipated for area golfers, whether dedicated enthusiasts or occasional links-walkers. […]
January 29, 2014 – Registration is open for the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation’s 2014 Care Walk on May 4, 2014! Be a part of this important community builder and fund raiser to fight thalassemia! Click here to learn more!
January 10, 2014 – Residents of Staten Island, NY: Our Lady of Pity Church and the Staten Island Chapter of Cooley’s Anemia Foundation are hosting their annual winter blood drive on Sunday, January 26, from 8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Please make a special effort to come and donate blood if you are able! Information: […]
September 27, 2013 – CAF is pleased to make available to the thalassemia community an important new publication, A Guide to Living with Thalassemia, which can be downloaded by clicking here. (Please note that this document is 115 pages and may take some time to download.) A Guide to Living with Thalassemia is designed to provide […]
August 21, 2013 – If you or your child needs to talk with school personnel about your experience with thalassemia and how it may impact attendance or schoolwork, CAF has a new publication that can help: The School Toolkit for People with Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia. Over the years, the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation has heard from some patients […]
July 15, 2013 – What would motivate a person with thalassemia to make changes to improve adherence to therapy? Can metabolic substances in a person with thalassemia give a clue to how iron is loading in his/her heart? Would moving the fetal hemoglobin gene cause it to create more fetal hemoglobin? These are just some […]
July 11, 2013 – A study recently published in the medical journal Magnetic Resonance in Medicine concludes that Spin-Density Projection-Assisted MRI measurement of liver iron concentration (LIC) is “a reliable and accurate method for estimation of LIC that is suitable for diagnosis and management of patients with iron overload.” The study, entitled “Multicenter validation of […]