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Did Ted Kennedy Risk His Health By Going to the Democratic Convention?

Posted on August 26, 2008

Kennedy addresses the convention. Photo: APTed Kennedy is 76 years old, and he s being treated for a deadly form of brain cancer. Did he put himself at risk by speaking at the Democratic convention?Kennedy finished a series of chemotherapy and radiation treatments last month, the Boston Globe notes. That typically leaves a patient with a weakened immune system but just how weak can vary widely.Doctors can order a blood test to measure the patient s immune strength (especially important is the level of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell). Patients whose levels are dangerously low a...

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