Leukemia (blood cancer) is a group of malignant and aggressive diseases of the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow. Very intensive chemotherapy and in some cases a bone marrow transplant are the only cure. Like all cancers, ...
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Sickle cell disease (SCD), a rare chronic, progressive, life-threatening, inherited blood disorder, often affects individuals with chronic pain that can be debilitating to their quality of life. Yet less than 4% of people ...
Mar 8, 2023
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In the United States, one person dies every 34 seconds from cardiovascular disease, making it the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups. While medical advances prompted steady ...
Mar 6, 2023
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About 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss, but there are ways to preserve this important sense.
Mar 3, 2023
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A protein that plays a critical role in helping malaria parasites infect red blood cells—known as apical membrane protein 1 (AMA1)—has been found to bind to more than one receptor on the surface of the cells.
Mar 3, 2023
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Being overweight in childhood and in early adulthood are discrete risk factors for blood clots later in life, a University of Gothenburg study shows. The study is based on the early BMI history of more than 37,000 men and ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Epigenetic changes in the regulation of a key gene in the body's stress response system were detected in babies and young children with abusive injuries, as opposed to accidental, according to a pilot study published in the ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Research on spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD, has exploded in the last decade, says Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and a leading expert on this rare heart condition.
Feb 24, 2023
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Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the body does not produce enough of the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar, while cells in the muscle, fat and digestive system simultaneously become less sensitive ...
Feb 23, 2023
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A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found that exposure to a mixture of synthetic chemicals found widely in the environment alters several critical biological processes, including the metabolism ...
Feb 22, 2023
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