Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Efforts to wipe–out childhood anaemia fall short
An international study has found that a global target to eradicate childhood anemia by 2030 will fail, presenting a major public health challenge.
Aug 13, 2021
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Medical research
Team creates a unique mouse model for the study of aplastic anaemia
Aplastic anaemia is characterised by a reduction in the number of the bone marrow cells that go on to form the different cell types present in blood (essentially red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets). In most ...
Aug 29, 2012
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Medical research
Cellular bells: Key step in manufacture of red blood cells decoded
A healthy adult must generate as many as one hundred billion new red blood cells each day, to maintain the numbers circulating in his blood. A team of EPFL researchers has identified a key step in the process by which red ...
Mar 14, 2013
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Genetics
East and West African sickle cell anaemia are genetically similar
Sickle cell anaemia is most common in Africa and up to 11,000 children are born with the condition every year in Tanzania alone. Yet most of what is known about the genetic basis of this inherited disease comes from studies ...
Nov 6, 2014
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Medical research
Testing new therapies to effectively combat anaemia
Early clinical trials of an innovative new therapeutic protein could one day lead to better treatment for anaemia of chronic disease patients.
Aug 12, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus: its impact cannot be explained away through the prism of race
From the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been an attempt to use science to explain the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on different groups through the prism of race. Data from the UK and the US suggests that ...
May 28, 2020
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Health
Anaemia and poor nutrition running high among young Indigenous children
Young children living in remote Indigenous communities have long been known to suffer from iron deficiency and anaemia at many times the rates found among other Australian children. Now a new report shows rates of anaemia ...
Sep 4, 2013
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Health
Both obesity, under-nutrition prevalent in long-term refugees living in camps
A quarter of households in refugee camps in Algeria are currently suffering from the double burden of excess weight and under-nutrition. According to a study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, obesity is an emerging ...
Oct 2, 2012
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Cardiology
Trial clarifies use of blood transfusion in anaemic heart attack patients
Restricting blood transfusion in anemic heart attack patients to those with very low hemoglobin levels saves blood with no negative impact on clinical outcomes. That's the finding of the REALITY trial presented in a Hot Line ...
Sep 2, 2020
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Health
The paradox of treating anaemia
Iron deficiency can be fatal. But in countries where patients are also likely to have other serious diseases, so too can the iron supplements used to treat it. Nearly 12 years ago, Dora Pereira – sometimes referred to as ...
Feb 6, 2017
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