Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Northwestern University identified a previously unknown treatment ...

A specialist from Oman, located at the crossroads of Africa and Asia, explains that his nation serves as a microcosm when it ...

In this video, Ronak Mistry, DO, discusses the results of a study presented at ASH Annual Meeting that examined the use of hydroxyurea in patients with hemoglobin SC disease. Mistry, an assistant ...

(HealthDay News) — For critically ill patients, the impact of transfusion on mortality varies with hemoglobin (Hgb) levels and with the presence of comorbid heart disease, according to a study ...

Whether you inherit alpha- or beta-thalassemia depends on which genes are affected. The number of affected genes can determine the subtype of alpha- or beta-thalassemia and the severity of your ...

An earlier blood transfusion- done when hemoglobin levels were higher - after major general or vascular surgery among people with heart disease was associated with a lower risk of some complications ...

Among previously untreated adults with Gaucher disease type 1, a genetic disease in which there is improper metabolism due to a defect in an enzyme, treatment with the drug eliglustat resulted in ...

A conservative transfusion approach after general and vascular surgery was shown to be safe vs. earlier, less restrictive ...

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGIO), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering innovative medicines for patients with rare diseases, today announced that new data on ...