News articles tagged with 'haematology'
Improvement in prediction of blood clots in cancer patients
— 10 Sep 2010 10:13 | HealthFor cancer patients, who have an increased risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) due to a hyperactive blood coagulation system, there is now an enhanced risk model to predict…
Drug shows promise in treating dangerous complication of erectile disorder
— 31 Oct 2009 14:35 | HealthThousands of men are afflicted with an embarrassing and painful condition that triggers spontaneous, long-lasting erections. There are limited treatment options, but a solution could…
Designing drugs and their antidotes together improves patient care
— 5 Oct 2009 07:39 | HealthImagine a surgical patient on a blood-thinning drug who starts bleeding more than expected, and an antidote that works immediately - because the blood thinner and antidote were designed…
Fifty years of hairy-cell leukaemia research to be observed
— 6 Dec 2008 12:14 | HealthIn 1958, Ohio State University cancer researcher Dr Bertha Bouroncle first identified a deadly disease now known as hairy-cell leukaemia, a once fatal disease that can now be effectively…
A new light on work-related fatigue
— 1 Dec 2008 17:48 | HealthWork-related fatigue is a common complaint encountered by the occupational physician in the industrialised societies. Most past investigations of work-related fatigue focused on age,…
Clumps of red and white blood cells may contribute to sickle cell disease
— 1 May 2008 16:24 | HealthIt's long been known that patients with sickle cell disease have malformed, 'sickle-shaped' red blood cells - which are normally disc-shaped - that can cause sudden painful episodes…
The hydrodynamics of the blood used to manipulate stem, cancer cells
— 24 Jan 2008 21:36 | HealthBiomedical engineers design an implantable cell retriever and reprogrammer. A tiny, implantable device has pulled adult stem cells out of a living rat with a far greater purity than…
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