More Anemia & Blood Disorders News

• Anemia Drugs May Raise Death Risk in Cancer Patients

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies provide more evidence that drugs such as ...

• Screening Lowers Stroke Risk for Sickle Cell Kids

  April 13 (HealthDay News) -- A specialized ultrasound scan is helping more children with sickle ...

• Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids

  February 13 (HealthDay News) -- An umbilical cord blood transplant from an unrelated or unmatched ...

• Women in Coastal Areas Have Higher Mercury Levels

  January 19 (HealthDay News) -- Where a woman lives, how much she makes for a ...

• Riastap Approved for Rare Blood Disorder

  January 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Riastap to ...

• Anemia Rates Down for U.S. Women and Children

  December 8 (HealthDay News) -- Fewer American women and children are developing anemia, according to ...

• Gene Behind Childhood Anemias Found

  December 4 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified a gene mutation that inhibits the production ...

• Transfusing Anemic Cancer Patients Boosts Clot Risk

  November 28 (HealthDay News) -- Giving blood transfusions to treat anemia in cancer patients increases ...

• Promacta Approved for Rare Blood Disorder

  November 24 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Promacta (eltrombopag) ...

• Unique Bone Marrow Transplant Said to Cure Sickle Cell

  November 14 (HealthDay News) -- A unique form of bone marrow transplantation is the only ...

• Anemia Drugs Linked to Stroke Study Deaths: FDA

  September 26 (HealthDay News) -- Preliminary results from a German study suggest that stroke patients' ...

• For Rare Blood Disorder, Pumping Iron Is the Cure

  August 25 (HealthDay News) -- Bloodletting is often dismissed as a primitive form of medicine, ...

• Bone Marrow Treatment Approved for Rare Bleeding Disorder

  August 22 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Nplate (romiplostim), ...

• New Test Diagnoses Anemia in Chronic Disease

  August 5 (HealthDay News) -- A new tool for diagnosing anemia related to chronic illness ...

• Sickle Cell Drug Underused by Physicians

  June 20 (HealthDay News) -- A drug that has shown some effectiveness in treating

• Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs used widely to treat anemia in cancer patients may ...

• Researchers Develop Stem Line with Sickle Cell Mutation

  May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Using a faster and more efficient method of reprogramming adult ...

• Viscosity Enhancers Curb Bleeding Complications

  April 29 (HealthDay News) -- Viscosity enhancers that thicken the blood are highly effective in ...

• Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Their Skin

  April 17 (HealthDay News) -- Mice can sense oxygen through their skin, says a new ...