Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases: News and Research on Cytopenia

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Common antibiotic linked to possible higher death risk

Cefepime is a fourth-generation antibiotic widely used to treat serious bacterial infections and febrile neutropenia—a fever in patients with abnormally low white blood cell counts. Unlike many antibiotics that are falling ...

Are petting zoos safe?

A 3-year-old girl has died from a rare illness after visiting a petting zoo in Victoria. She developed brain damage and kidney failure after spending weeks in intensive care.

Elucidating a decades-old mystery of blood clotting

Why is it rare for dangerous blood clots to form in our blood? What happens if this safety mechanism fails? An international team of researchers involving the University of Greifswald has taken a major step toward finding ...

Serious infection risks linked to targeted cancer therapies

A major real-world study by University of California, Irvine pharmacy researchers has found serious blood-related side effects associated with antibody-drug conjugates, an increasingly important class of targeted cancer therapies. ...

FDA approves Inqovi for acute myeloid leukemia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Taiho Oncology's Inqovi (decitabine and cedazuridine) plus venetoclax for the treatment of adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are 75 years or older ...

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