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MEdIC - An explanation of aplastic anemia, followed by a look at the diagnosing, treatment and prognosis.
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Nursing Spectrum- Career Fitness Online : von Willebrand Disease. The commonly inherited bleeding disorder. Examples and treatments.
My Sickle Cell Homepage : Provides a first hand look at Sickle Cell Anemia, built by a person suffering from the disease. Frequently asked questions and a personal diary of the owner's own battle with this disease.
MPD Foundation : Learn about this organization whose mission is to raise public awareness, support research, investigate new treatments, and eventually to find a cure for myeloproliferative disorders.
Hemophilia Society British Columbia Chapter : Information about the organization and its mission, news archive, links and contact details. Also an in depth look at the disease itself including management.
Gentiva Health Services : Designed to help you understand hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease and other bleeding disorders and provide valuable information.
Neutropenia : A description of this blood disorder along with the causes, symptoms and quite an extensive look at the medication for treatment. By Tirgan Oncology Associates.
All About Bleeding : A resource for education, guidance and support for people who have or suspect they have von Willebrand disease. Offers personalized tools, information resources, and community support.
Matt Klimshuk - von Willebrand's Disease : Information on von Willebrand's Disease and links to von Willebrand's and Hemophilia sites.
Canadian Hemophilia Society : Offers information about Von Willebrand disease. Includes the types, the symptoms, treatment, and heredity.
Sickle Cell Information Center : Current information for health care providers, patients, the public, teachers and others with online treatment guideline books, a tutorial, multiple links to other sickle cell sites and a directory of.
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Researchers Gain Insights Into Aging in Mice (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Stanford University
researchers have linked two previously thought-to-be-separate pathways
tied to aging, at least in mice, leading to more thought that physically
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First Americans Arrived on 2 Separate Paths (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic evidence suggests that two
different waves of people migrated from what is now Siberia at about the
same time to become the first settlers in the Americas, a new report
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Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a wake-up call to the
millions of American men and women with type 2 diabetes: Snoring at night
or nodding off during the day may be symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea,
a potentially life-threatening problem affecting one out of three
diabetics. |
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Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- On a January night in 2005, a
freight train with three tanker cars -- each loaded with 90 tons of
chlorine -- slammed into a parked locomotive in the center of
Graniteville, S.C., a town of 7,000 people about 15 miles from Augusta,
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