A bizarre result of a routine lab experiment has led researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine to an unexpected new way to trigger the production of red blood cells. This could represent a significant step ...
Nov 3, 2015
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Investigational drugs that produce effects in the body similar to what occurs at high altitudes may offer a new way to stimulate red blood cell production and treat patients with anemia, according to studies appearing in ...
Oct 22, 2015
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Scientists have shown why a drug widely used to treat chemotherapy-induced anemia in ovarian and breast cancer patients also may shorten survival times in some patients by inadvertently stimulating tumor growth.
Oct 15, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Scientists report they have identified new genes associated with height, heart disease risk and regulation of the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
Sep 17, 2015
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Yale University researchers have found a new way to slow the development of malarial parasites within blood cells they infect, even in some drug-resistant strains that are on the rise in many parts of the world.
Sep 9, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has found that current evidence is insufficient for weighing the benefits and harms of iron deficiency screening and routine iron supplementation in pregnancy. ...
Sep 8, 2015
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Barely 2 years old, Talia Pisano is getting tough treatment for kidney cancer that spread to her brain. She's also getting a chance at having babies of her own someday.
Aug 11, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Pre-referral workup for gastroenterology and hepatology conditions can be optimized using Delphi methodology, according to research published online July 30 in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.
Aug 9, 2015
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Patients whose colorectal cancer (CRC) is detected during a screening colonoscopy are likely to survive longer than those who wait until they have symptoms before having the test, according to a study in the July issue of ...
Jul 13, 2015
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Scientists have identified a group of genetic mutations in patients with aplastic anemia, which likely will help doctors optimize treatment for this rare and deadly blood condition. The study, appearing in the New England ...
Jul 1, 2015
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