Healthtree- Connecting Cancer Patients for Better Health, FM100.3 November 10, 2018 https://fm100.com/category/podcast_player/?a=33486&sid=2052&n=Utah+Weekly+Forum+with+Rebecca+Cressman When people are diagnosed with cancer, their search for information, research and treatment options can be overwhelming. Yet, access to the most recent and relevant data can be lifesaving and life preserving. In this episode of Utah Weekly Forum, Myeloma patient, Jenny Ahlstrom, joins[...]

As seen on Freethink, by Kaitlin Ugolik. When Jenny Ahlstrom, a mother of six, was diagnosed with terminal blood cancer in 2010, it felt like déjà vu. Just five years before, she had watched her brother-in-law David succumb to a similar disease at age 33. Jenny’s husband Paul, who was present for both diagnoses, said[...]

Originally seen on Deseret News by Wendy Lenoard LEHI — In the days and weeks after being told she had multiple myeloma, Jenny Ahlstrom was forced to make a decision regarding her treatment. It’s no different for anyone facing a terminal disease. “It took me three years to get up to speed on the science[...]

BY JAMES BROWN Aldevron to produce minicircles to support cell therapy applications Aldevron, along with the Myeloma Crowd, a non-profit foundation dedicated to multiple myeloma patient education, advocacy and research funding, will collaborate to support research toward the advancement of treatments and a cure for multiple myeloma. Under the collaboration, Aldevron licensed technology developed by[...]

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As seen on Cure Today Jenny Ahlstrom, Multiple Myeloma Hero and founder of Myeloma Crowd, discusses how patients can help expedite the process to finding a cure. Everyone has something to give, Ahlstrom emphasizes, be it joining a clinical trial or simply sharing information on the disease. Watch the video.[...]

CONTACT:  Jenny Ahlstrom, President, Myeloma Crowd (801) 949-1034 / jenny@crowdcare.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MYELOMA PATIENT & ADVOCATE ORGANIZES EVENT TO EDUCATE FELLOW MYELOMA SURVIVORS ON THEIR DISEASE. EVENT IN SALT LAKE CITY ON MAY 7 AT DOUBLETREE SUITES DOWNTOWN. Top myeloma experts will discuss treating high-risk disease. Robust Q&A session to follow. Salt Lake City,[...]

Originally seen on PRNewswire SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Devon Harris, founding member of the 1988 Jamaican Olympic bobsled team, delivered an impassioned video message to close the Myeloma Crowd’s “Can’t Wait for a Cure 12-Day Challenge” which had more than 58,000 social media shares, 500,000 impressions and 3,400 visitor hours in[...]

From the PR Newswire SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Myeloma Crowd Research Initiative (MCRI), an unprecedented collaboration of cancer researchers and patient advocates, today announced the two winners of its first-ever crowdsourcing and patient-led initiative to fund research in high-risk multiple myeloma, a rare malignancy of plasma cells. MCRI has pledged[...]

We are excited to be featured in this month’s Cancer Connections magazine (page 15). This is an excellent example of how patients and caregivers can help support the Multiple Myeloma Research Initiative (MCRI) while having fun doing it. Creative? We say yes! Bill Conley, candidate for Lehi City Council, was campaigning one hot morning. Just weeks[...]