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FDA Approves Soliris for Rare Pediatric Blood Disorder by Medline Plus Posted Tue 27 Sep 2011 7:56am FDA approves Soliris for rare pediatric blood disorder Orphan drug receives second approval for rare disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Soliris (eculizumab) to treat patients with atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS), a rare and chronic blood disease that can lead to kidney (renal) failure an ... Read on »

Aarkstore Enterprise - The Future of Blood Disorders Therapeutics, Analysis and Market Forecasts by Aarkstore Posted Thu 18 Nov 2010 5:15am Aarkstore announce a new report "The Future of Blood Disorders Therapeutics, Analysis and Market Forecasts to 2016 - Better and More Cost-Effective Treatment Options Create Opportunities" through its vast collection of market research report. Summary “The Future of Blood Disorders Therapeutics, Analysis and Market Forecasts to 2016 - B ... Read on »

Coping with Lupus: Fact #19 – Common lupus blood disorders – anemia, thrombocytopenia and more by Lupus Adventurer Posted Sat 19 May 2012 2:59pm Coping with Lupus: Blood disorders such as anemia (too few red blood cells) are common in lupus, and can greatly affect the health of lupus patients. A few blood related (hematological) conditions really matter in lupus. Blood related issues are usually treated by hematologists, the specialists who know the most about helping patients with ... Read on »

Sickle Cell Disease- the Orphan Blood Disorder by P.Allen Jones Posted Mon 07 Dec 2009 12:24pm Hi, I just joined this community. I have sickle cell anemia, a blood disorder in which the red blood cell shape deforms into a sickle (half-moon) shape, verses being round. This disease is called "Orphan" by American health organizations....can anyone say health bias. Learn more about this disease on the Sickle Cell Disease (Anemia) community. ... Read on »

Common Blood Disorder Leads to Arthritis by awesome Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 17 Jan 2011 5:46pm A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine says that more than 25% of men with hemochromatosis, the most common inherited blood disorder, will develop arthritis, liver cancer and other serious complications. Hemochromatosis is a condition where the body absorbs up to three times the normal amount of iron. Over an extended peri ... Read on »

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Common Blood Disorder May Not be Linked to as Many Serious Diseases, as Previously Thought by Health: Hearsay & Headlines Posted Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:04pm A symptomless blood disorder, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, known as MGUS, is not linked to as many serious diseases as previously thought. This finding may save patients from undergoing unnecessary workup and treatment according to a study published in the August 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. MGUS has long been ... Read on »

Blood Disorder Cases Tied to Prescription Painkiller Abuse by Medline Plus Posted Thu 10 Jan 2013 4:00pm Addicts crushed, dissolved and injected Opana ER pills, CDC says Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Pain Relievers , Platelet Disorders , Prescription Drug Abuse Read on »

Rare Blood Disorder Haunts Twins in Womb by BreastFeedingMums .. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 23 Aug 2008 10:25pm http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=5471351&page=1 Doctors Work Inside Mother's Womb to Save Twins By JOHN MCKENZIE July 29, 2008 After two and a half years of marriage, Kim and Nate Stroh of Humble, Tex., got the good news on New Year's Day that Kim was pregnant with twins. "We were thrilled about having twins. It fe ... Read on »

Hypoglycemia: The Forgotten Blood Sugar Disorder - Guest Column From Dr. Keith Berkowitz (Thanks to Blogger Jimmy Moore) by Connie Bennett Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Dec 2008 8:11pm I'm always pleased to learn of a medical doctor who's savvy about the dangers of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) -- which, as I point out in my book SUGAR SHOCK! -- is a much-ignored and much-maligned condition that plagues millions of Americans. In fact, my interest in the dangers of sugar and refined carbs began with my own blood sugar nigh ... Read on »

Mother's Immune System May Block Fetal Treatments for Blood Diseases by Health: Hearsay & Headlines Posted Wed 19 Aug 2009 6:21pm /PRNewswire/ -- Pediatric researchers have resolved an apparent contradiction in the field of prenatal cell transplantation -- a medical approach that holds future promise in correcting sickle cell disease and other serious congenital blood disorders. In a new study in animals, the researchers showed that the mother's immune response interferes wit ... Read on »