Prenatal stem cell transplants may open door to organ transplants, treating genetic diseases
...ents for many genetic diseases such as sickle cell anemia and muscular dystrophy, researchers have produced high levels of transplanted, healthy stem cells in mice, while sharply reducing a hazardous side effect of cell and organ transplants called graft-versus-host disease. By combining prenatal transplan...Physicians offer new solution for blood transfusions
... in a pediatric patient to manage life-threatening anemia due to an autoimmune disease," says Dr. Brian Kavanagh, professor of medicine at the University of Toronto and staff physician in critical care medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children. The patient suffered from immune thrombocytopenia, a condition...Iron deficiency hurts economy in developing countries: Study
...ne in three of the world's population suffers from anemia so this has tremendous economic consequences," says Sue Horton, a University of Toronto economics professor and lead author of the study, The Economics of Iron Deficiency. The economic loss due to iron deficiency in South Asia, alone, is staggering: ...Could a mandated food additive aimed at better fetal development be a risk for seniors?
..., B-12 deficiency is more commonly associated with anemia than with its more subtle but potentially grave co...lar disorders. B-12 deficiency can also result in anemia (lower levels of red blood cells) and damage to the nervous system. Common symptoms for the deficien...Anemia is risk factor for physical decline in older adults
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Older adults with anemia are twice as likely to have a significant decline ...can Journal of Medicine. "Our results suggest that anemia is an independent risk factor for physical decline, which puts older adults at higher risk for nursi...Anemia elevates risk of physical decline in older people
...bin levels. "This study suggests that even mild anemia is a risk factor linked to reduced ability of olde...her research will tell us whether the treatment of anemia can prevent the progressive decline in function that eventually results in disability." The invest...Music therapy strikes a chord with cancer patients
... of side effects, including pain, nausea, fatigue, anemia and dehydration. "One reason we began this study was because patients were requesting new ways of treatment," says Sahler, a behavioral pediatrician who works with children who have chronic and terminal illnesses. "The patients told the staff, 'I kn...Paclitaxel combination improves survival from small-cell lung cancer
...erapy cycle, rates of side effects, such as severe anemia and thrombocytopenia, were lower for patients in the experimental group than patients in the standard treatment group. "Our results are the first from a randomized trial to demonstrate a statistically significant increase in median and long-term sur...Children with sickle cell anemia often don't receive antibiotics to prevent deadly infections
...ng been recommended that children with sickle cell anemia take antibiotics every day for the first five year...ecause of their illness, children with sickle cell anemia visited a doctor a mean of 13 times a year; those visits could provide an opportunity for health-car...High cost of life-saving childrens vaccine may be keeping some doctors from giving it
...that affect the immune system, such as sickle cell anemia and heart disease, or who have cochlear implants. And, the CDC advises that Prevnar be considered for all children under the age of 5 who have a history of ear infections, who attend group day care, or who are of African-American, Alaska Native or Am...Study evaluates Abacavir, Lamivudine and Efavirenz versus Zidovudine, Lamivudine and Efavirenz
...atologic toxicity including neutropenia and severe anemia particularly in patients with advanced HIV disease. Prolonged use of zidovudine has been associated with symptomatic myopathy. Lactic acidosis and severe hepatomegaly with steatosis, including fatal cases, have been reported with the use of nucleos...Jefferson scientists find anemia drug may help lessen effects of heart attack
...s at Jefferson Medical College have found that the anemia drug erythropoietin (EPO) may lessen the effects of a heart attack due to ischemia, or lack of oxygen, by protecting heart cells from dying. EPO is a naturally occurring hormone that stimulates the body to produce more red blood cells. Scientists le...Updated data compares DOXIL (R)/CAELYX (TM) (doxorubicin HCl liposome injection) to Topotecan
...e of white blood cell; 35 percent vs. 81 percent), anemia (reduced red blood cell count; 35 percent vs. 72 percent), thrombocytopenia (low platelet count; 13 percent vs. 65 percent) and leukopenia (low white blood cell count; 36 percent vs. 64 percent). Additionally, alopecia (hair loss) was reported in 16...Other highlights in the November 19 issue of JNCI
...-Induced Cancers The rare genetic disorder Fanconi anemia may be associated with an increased susceptibility...examined SCC samples from 24 patients with Fanconi anemia and 50 patients without Fanconi anemia, and found that 84% of samples from patients with Fanconi ane...Anemia increases risk of hospitalization and death in older adults
... found that regardless of other factors, late-life anemia doubled the risk of death and increased the risk o...gests that clinicians should be aware of patients' anemia status, even if they have no apparent disease." Anemia, which is a reduced level of oxygen-carrying...Emotional stress contributes to oral health problems
...iting (which could cause tooth decay and erosion), anemia and bleeding....High blood pressure in the lungs a major risk for death in adults with sickle cell disease
...ne . Sickle cell disease is a chronic, often fatal anemia that is classically characterized by severe attacks of pain from blood vessels being blocked by red blood cells that become rigid and form a sickle shape when deoxygenated. In the United States this genetic disease occurs predominantly in people of A...Existing therapies applied to new use in broader spectrum of cancer care
... A drug that is normally used to fight anemia in cancer patients may also help brain tumor patients retain thinking, memory and concentration after radiation treatment, said Shun Wong, M.D., a researcher with Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, Toronto. ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2004 (second issue)
... disease, presence of an altered mental state, and anemia were significant and independent predictors of mortality in the subsequent 2 to 3 years after hospital discharge for pneumonia. In their research, the investigators were able to ascertain the survival status of 97 percent of the patients over an ave...Anemia associated with disability and poorer physical performance
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Older adults with anemia have more disabilities and score lower on physical...ican Geriatrics Society. "Our results suggest that anemia is a risk factor for disability, poor physical function and low muscle strength all which can threa...