Health
Are you running short on iron?
(HealthDay)—Could you—or your teenage daughter—have an iron deficiency and not know it? If you're getting enough sleep, but still feel tired, running low on iron could be the problem.
May 14, 2019
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Medical research
Routine sickle cell disease screening among migrants may help save lives
Hematologists are zeroing in on the escalating humanitarian crisis in southern Europe by assessing the burden of blood disorders among refugees and identifying strategies to facilitate more timely identification and treatment ...
May 9, 2019
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Immunology
Team identifies the cause of sepsis-induced lung injury
A KAIST research team succeeded in visualizing pulmonary microcirculation and circulating cells in vivo with a custom-built 3-D intravital lung microscopic imaging system. They found a type of leukocyte called a neutrophil ...
May 8, 2019
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Medical research
Platelets: The chameleons of cancer biology
Have you ever been in a classroom and wondered to yourself whether the information being presented could be wrong?
May 3, 2019
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Health
Could you be short on vitamin B12?
(HealthDay)—In the ABCs of vitamins, B12 is often overlooked. But it's essential for the making of nerve and red blood cells, as well as DNA along with many other body processes. Adults and teens need just 2.4 micrograms ...
May 2, 2019
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Health
Have you gone vegan? Keep an eye on these 4 nutrients
There are many reasons people go vegan, from wanting to be healthier, to reducing their environmental footprint, to concerns about animal welfare.
May 1, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find correlation between blood type and susceptibility to severe malaria
Abraham Degarege Mengist is making malaria his mission.
Apr 19, 2019
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Medications
Insurers' denials of opioid coverage spurs CDC to clarify guidelines
(HealthDay)—People with severe pain from cancer or sickle cell anemia should not be denied coverage for opioid painkillers, a new clarification on federal guidelines states.
Apr 9, 2019
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Medical research
Decades-old misconception on white blood cell trafficking to spleen corrected
Contrary to prior belief, white blood cells enter the spleen primarily via vessels in the red pulp. The research results contradict ideas regarding how the spleen produces antibodies vital for the human body.
Apr 3, 2019
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Medical research
Researchers optimize gene editing for SCD and beta thalassemia
Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have developed a strategy to treat two of the most common inherited blood diseases—sickle ...
Mar 28, 2019
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