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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Diagnosed With Leukemia
NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a rare form of leukemia, back in December 2008 but his prognosis is encouraging and he even turned into spokesman for Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, which makes a drug that treats the illness.
