Blood disorder News

Dr Ashish Dixit, Consultant - Haematology, Haemato Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation explains SCD is an inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide.

Prenatal screening is of utmost importance to prevent thalassemia, a blood disorder, said doctors here calling on the need to increase screening. Here's everything about prenatal care to prevent this major blood disorder.

Unlike anemia, in the case of thalassemia, iron supplements may not be effective or appropriate Thalassemia is preventable Thalassemia major can be treated by regular transfusions of leukocyte-filtered blood to reach adulthood in good health

World Hemophilia Day is observed on 17 April every year The theme for World Hemophilia Day 2022 is “Access for All: Partnership. Policy. Progress. Engaging your government, integrating inherited bleeding disorders into national policy” The aim is to direct the attention of policymakers and government toward hemophilia and other bleeding disorders

Gene therapy for patients with a severe form of the blood disorder beta-thalassemia could be safe and effective as well as end the need for transfusions, results from the clinical trials show.

While the 61-year-old actor, believes cinema can be a great tool to promote awareness about thalassemia, what ultimately matters is the support of the health ministry. 

India, considered to be the capital of thalassaemia, sees some 10,000 children born with the condition every year.

Methylene blue is used to treat methemoglobinemia, a blood disorder in which oxygen is unable to release effectively to body tissues, and as a surgical stain.  

 Researchers have discovered how an incurable type of blood cancer develops from an often symptomless prior blood disorder.

Social factors such as marital status, insurance status, and income may affect the chances of survival in young patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.