News tagged with cell anemia
Sickle cell anemia stroke prevention efforts may have decreased racial disparities
The disparity in stroke-related deaths among black and white children dramatically narrowed after prevention strategies changed to include ultrasound screening and chronic blood transfusions for children with sickle cell ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Anemia may more than triple your risk of dying after a stroke
Being anemic could more than triple your risk of dying within a year after having a stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Chemists unlock potential target for drug development
A receptor found on blood platelets whose importance as a potential pharmaceutical target has long been questioned may in fact be fruitful in drug testing, according to new research from Michigan State University ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Fixing common blood disorder would make kidney transplants more successful
Correcting anemia, a red blood cell deficiency, can preserve kidney function in many kidney transplant recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). ...
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Ruxolinitib better at reducing myelofibrosis symptoms, study shows
In a major advance in treatment, a multicenter study found that ruxolinitib did a better job than off-label chemotherapy drugs reducing the terrible symptoms associated with myelofibrosis, including pain, enlarged spleen, anemia, fever, chills ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Sickle cell anemia as malaria defense
Sickle cell anemia causes pain, fatigue and delayed growth, all because of a lack of enough healthy red blood cells. And yet genetic mutations that cause it - recessive genes for the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin protein - have ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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FDA approves first drug for bone marrow disorder
The first drug to treat a rare disorder that causes red blood cells to build up inside bone marrow was cleared Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Mystery of resistance to malaria solved in new study
(Medical Xpress) -- Malaria is a disease caused by parasites passed to humans via the bites of infected mosquitoes. Globally, the disease causes over a million deaths every year, and is especially rife in ...
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Using math and light to detect misshapen red blood cells
Misshapen red blood cells (RBCs) are a sign of serious illnesses, such as malaria and sickle cell anemia. Until recently, the only way to assess whether a person's RBCs were the correct shape was to look at ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Scientists reverse sickle cell anemia by turning on fetal hemoglobin
Not long after birth, human babies transition from producing blood containing oxygen-rich fetal hemoglobin to blood bearing the adult hemoglobin protein. For children with sickle cell disease, the transition from the fetal ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Transfusion not always best treatment for anemia, age of stored blood may play a role
University of Kentucky researchers, including lead author Samy Selim of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, have recently published a paper suggesting that transfusion may ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Researchers discover new enzyme function for anemia
Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have discovered a new function for an enzyme that may protect against organ injury and death from anemia.
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Exercise boosts health by influencing stem cells to become bone, not fat, researchers find
McMaster researchers have found one more reason to exercise: working out triggers influential stem cells to become bone instead of fat, improving overall health by boosting the body's capacity to make blood.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Standard aplastic anemia therapy improves patient outcomes better than newer version
A comparison clinical study of two aplastic anemia treatments found that ATGAM, currently the only licensed aplastic anemia drug in the United States, improved blood cell counts and survival significantly more than did Thymoglobulin, ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Discovery opens new options for improving transfusions
Donated red blood cells lose a key feature that diminishes their lifesaving power the longer they have been stored, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Jul 15, 2011 |
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