More than 93% of Americans hospitalized for sickle cell disease are Black.
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Many people with sickle cell disease don’t receive adequate treatment to ease their pain and are subjected to racial discrimination and stigmatization.
Anemia symptoms include shortness of breath, dizziness and fatigue.
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Among young children, adolescents and adult women, anemia strikes 1 in 3 globally. Most cases are driven by dietary iron deficiency, red blood cell disorders and untreated tropical diseases.
The body starts plugging up wounds as quickly as it can to prevent blood loss and infection.
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Blood plays a vital role in keeping us alive, from delivering oxygen to the body’s organs to fighting off infections.
Even without drugs, nets or an understanding of what caused malaria, human bodies were still fighting against the parasite – and winning.
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Today, human populations carry heavy genetic marks from the war with malaria. And it is the red blood cell (erythrocyte) that mostly bears the scars.
Our veins only appear blue through the skin, they’re actually red.
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Blood is red, but our veins are blue. Or are they?
AML under the microscope.
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Improvements in survival rates for acute myeloid leukaemia have failed to keep pace with other leukaemias. That may be about to change.
Our blood has more functions than we probably realise - all vital for life.
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Blood transports nutrients, hormones, proteins, vitamins and minerals around our body.
We know blood is vital for life, do we know why?
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Everything you never knew about the red stuff in your veins.