1 Know about the two common side effects that patients on Tecfidera may encounter: flushing and stomach problems. 2  Flushing can include redness, itching or rash, and stomach problems can include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain or indigestion. 3  Both flushing and stomach problems generally decrease over time.
Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old mother of five, died of cervical cancer on 4 October 1951; and while her disease was a tragedy for her family, for the world of medical research â and beyond that, every one of us on the planet â it was something of a miracle.
A portrait of Henrietta Lacks, who died of cervical cancer in 1951 just before advances cut the diseaseâs death rate by almost 70 percent. Henrietta Lacks probably didnât seem so immortal to doctors when she was first diagnosed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951. The poor 31-year-old African American woman â the subject of a best-selling book, âThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,â and a new HBO movie starring Oprah Winfrey â was suffering from cervical cancer.