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Leukemia
Leukemia is usually thought of as a children’s condition, but it actually affects more adults. It’s more common in men than women, and more in Caucasians than African-Americans.
There’s really nothing you can do to prevent leukemia. It’s cancer of your blood cells caused by a rise in the number of white blood cells in your body. They crowd out the red blood cells and platelets your body needs to be healthy. All those extra white blood cells don’t work right, and that causes problems.