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Sickle cell anemia drug safe and effective for infants and toddlers, adds treatment option

New research shows a drug commonly used to treat sickle cell anemia in adults reduces bouts of acute pain and a pneumonia-like illness, cuts hospitalization time and eases other symptoms of the disease in young patients. ...

May 12, 2011

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Health

Low vitamin D in kids may play a role in anemia

Pediatricians from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and elsewhere have discovered a link between low levels of vitamin D and anemia in children.

May 2, 2011

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Medical research

Mystery solved: How sickle hemoglobin protects against malaria

The latest issue of the journal Cell carries an article that is likely to help solve one of the long-standing mysteries of biomedicine. In a study that challenges currently held views, researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian ...

Apr 28, 2011

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Sickle cell anemia drug safe and effective for infants and toddlers, adds treatment option

Low vitamin D in kids may play a role in anemia

Mystery solved: How sickle hemoglobin protects against malaria

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