Health
Medical marijuana bill passes, heads to Mississipi governor
Mississippi lawmakers are sending their governor a bill that would create a medical marijuana program for people with serious medical conditions.
Jan 27, 2022
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Sickle Cell Disease
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could gene therapy help cure sickle cell disease?
A gene therapy that could provide a permanent cure for sickle cell disease continues to show success through a third wave of patients, researchers report.
Dec 13, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Alternative cell option for organs-on-chips found
Organ-on-a-chip technology has provided a push to discover new drugs for a variety of rare and ignored diseases for which current models either don't exist or lack precision. In particular, these platforms can include the ...
Dec 10, 2021
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Medical research
Researchers are developing a faster 'code breaker' to analyze human DNA
Researchers at the University of Missouri, led by Praveen Rao, are developing a free, online resource that could help scientists accelerate their discoveries for various human diseases—such as sickle cell disease, cystic ...
Dec 8, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Risk of stillbirth up for pregnant people with sickle cell trait
(HealthDay)—Pregnant people with sickle cell trait (SCT) have increased risk of stillbirth, according to a study published online Nov. 24 in JAMA Network Open.
Dec 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Making the case to improve outcomes for sickle cell disease
A new study published in JAMA Health Forum by a University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher and colleagues is highlighting the lack of longitudinal data to evaluate and improve outcomes for those suffering from sickle ...
Oct 29, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monoclonal antibody therapy and COVID-19
Monoclonal antibody therapy is an infusion treatment that can reduce the severity of COVID-19. Here are some of the commonly asked questions about the treatment.
Oct 19, 2021
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Medications
A cousin of Viagra reduces obesity by stimulating cells to burn fat, study shows
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and sickle cell disease reduces obesity and fatty liver in mice and improves their heart function—without ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
American Society of Hematology issues guideline on the use of HSCT for sickle cell disease
(HealthDay)—In a 2021 clinical guideline issued by the American Society of Hematology and published online Sept. 28 in Blood Advances, eight conditional recommendations are presented for the use of hematopoietic stem cell ...
Sep 30, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
For patients fighting sickle cell disease, finding compassionate care is part of the battle
"We need a spray bottle, to spray her like a bad cat," one of the emergency department workers said as Tolulope Afolabi protested that she was too woozy from pain medication to be hustled out of the hospital.
Sep 30, 2021
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