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 ...

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 ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

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 ...

Anemia can cause symptoms in the mouth, such as a sore tongue and ulcers or sores. However, it typically affects other aspects of a person’s overall health. A person with anemia may feel tired or weak ...

Anemia occurs when you have fewer red blood cells or low hemoglobin, reducing oxygen levels in your blood. Iron deficiency anemia is common and can be treated with dietary changes and supplements.

Anemia is common among people with liver cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is a condition where the liver is severely scarred. Because the liver plays a role in many important bodily functions, cirrhosis can lead ...

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 ...

Most people think of iron deficiency as something that shows up clearly in a blood test. But in recent years, researchers and clinicians have begun paying attention to a less noticeable condition that ...

Stanford Medicine pediatric hematologist Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, Ph.D., has devoted her research career to improving ...

Part of the reason pentoxifylline (PEN) has been reported to improve resistance to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents may be related to better mobilization and utilization of iron in dialysis patients ...