Nationwide Study Of Landmark Sickle Cell Treatment
( CNMC 20-Aug-08 )
Children's National Medical Center immunologist and blood and marrow transplant physician Naynesh Kamani, MD, will serve as the study co-chair for a new national clinical trial of unrelated donor marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants for severe sickle cell disease.
Chemo-induced Anaemia Ups Risk Of Local Breast Cancer Recurrence
( AACR 3-Apr-08 )
Patients with breast cancer who developed anemia during chemotherapy had nearly three times the risk of local recurrence as those who did not, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research¸ a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Anemia Treatment May Be A Double Edged Sword
( CHB 4-Feb-08 )
Erythropoietin has so far been known to doctors as a hormone that boosts red blood cell production. Now, a mouse study led by Lois Smith, MD, PhD, an ophthalmologist at Children's Hospital Boston, shows it also keeps blood vessels alive and growing in the eye.
New Anaemia Treatment
( JCI 19-Jan-08 )
A common treatment for anemia - a deficiency in red blood cells (rbcs) caused by their insufficient production, excessive destruction, or excessive loss - is administration of recombinant erythropoietin (Epo), a hormone that stimulates the production of rbc precursors by the bone marrow. Unfortunately, many patients with anemia do not respond to treatment with Epo.
Study Questions Impact Of Hemoglobin Variations On Mortality In Dialysis Patients
( ASN 19-Dec-07 )
For patients with dialysis related anemia, the risk of death is increased when hemoglobin levels remain persistently low over a period several months not necessarily when they fluctuate over time, according to a study in the January Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Sickle Cell Patients Treated Safely With Anticlotting Drug
( UNC 13-Oct-07 )
An intravenous "blood thinner" widely used in patients with acute coronary syndromes and during coronary artery stent placement appears to be safe in patients with sickle cell disease and may have beneficial anti-inflammatory effects, a small study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has found.
Treatment Of Anemia May Be Improved By UC-San Diego Scientist's Key Finding
( University of California - San Diego 1-Jul-07 )
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have determined a key mechanism by which the body regulates iron metabolism, a discovery that may provide new approaches for the treatment of anemia.
Dialysis patients, switching to NeoRecormon improves anaemia management
( www.roche.com 1-Mar-07 )
First results from over 1,000 dialysis patients involved in Europe wide survey.
Care For Patients With Anaemia Linked To Chronic Kidney Disease To Improve
( NICE 1-Mar-07 )
New guideline advises on the detection and diagnosis of anaemia in people with chronic kidney disease and effective treatments.