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CAMDEN, N.J. - September marks National Sickle Cell Awareness Month and Rowan University students, physicians and medical residents joined pediatric patients on campus to raise awareness. "It ...
Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders typically inherited. [2] The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia. [2] It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. [2] This leads to a rigid, sickle -like shape under ...
Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen. This can be due to a lower than normal number of red blood cells, a reduction in the amount of hemoglobin available for oxygen transport, or abnormalities in hemoglobin that impair its function. [3][4]
Jaromír Jágr scored the first goal of his 37th professional season Friday during HC Rytíři Kladno's 4-2 win over HC Sparta Praha in the Czech Extraliga. The 52-year-old Jágr netted his first ...
Immune system. The immune system is a network of biological systems that protects an organism from diseases. It detects and responds to a wide variety of pathogens, from viruses to parasitic worms, as well as cancer cells and objects such as wood splinters, distinguishing them from the organism's own healthy tissue.
A participant at the Snap Partner Summit event tries out the new generation of Snapchat glasses, "Spectacles." (Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images) (picture alliance via Getty Images)
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, a part of the very small tubes in the kidney that transport primary urine. RCC is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults, responsible for approximately 90–95% of cases. [1] It is more common in men (with a male-to-female ...
Portland State had to cancel its Week 3 game against South Dakota. (Photo by Oliver McKenna/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)