Mild anemia can have several causes, including iron or B12 deficiency, chronic illness, or pregnancy. Anemia is very common, affecting up to one-third of the world’s population. Mild anemia occurs ...
While mild anemia is generally treatable, some severe forms, like thalassemia and aplastic anemia, can lead to life-threatening complications if untreated due to the body’s organs not receiving enough ...
Please, hear me out: Have you ever felt the craving to eat ice? OK now, what about dirt? Or even clay? This phenomenon is called pagophagia and this craving, along with fatigue, rapid heart rate or ...
NIGERIAN researchers have identified Telfairia occidentalis, popularly known as ugu, as a potentially more effective in combating anaemia than Jatropha tanjorensis, another widely used medicinal ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Your blood accounts for about eight percent of your total body weight. It’s vital for life, but when cancer happens in the blood, it can become life-altering ...
Chemotherapy-induced anemia develops when chemotherapy drugs damage bone marrow cells that create red blood cells, reducing oxygen circulation throughout your body. About 70% of people receiving ...
Aplastic anemia is a condition that develops when bone marrow stops creating enough new blood cells. Symptoms can include fatigue, shortness of breath, frequent infections, prolonged bleeding from ...
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare, inherited disease primarily affecting children. While the outcome for people with FA tends to be poor, researchers predict that newer molecular and gene therapies can ...
It is the year 2026 and the goal to achieve a 50% reduction in anaemia by 2030 seems like a far-fetched dream. Anaemia has always been a major public health concern, but despite years of government ...
A doctor shared the case of a woman who walked into his clinic with a haemoglobin level of 1.9 g/dL (dangerously low). His ...