Sickle cell disease can be deadly, and the persistent health inequities facing Black Americans worsen the problem

Many people with sickle cell disease don’t receive adequate treatment to ease their pain and are subjected to racial discrimination and stigmatization.

Diana J. Wilkie, Professor of Nursing, University of Florida • conversation
Sept. 18, 2023 ~10 min

Anemia afflicts nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide, but there are practical strategies for reducing it

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.

Theresa A McHugh, Researcher and Scientific Writer at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington • conversation
Sept. 8, 2023 ~8 min


Holiday foods can be toxic to pets – a veterinarian explains which, and what to do if Rover or Kitty eats them

Keeping human foods away from pets is one way to avoid emergency veterinary hospital runs during Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or New Year’s.

Leticia Fanucchi, Clinical Assistant Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University • conversation
Dec. 16, 2022 ~8 min

Rare disease finding sheds light on head and neck cancer

New research clarifies why people with a rare genetic disease called Fanconi anemia are at higher risk of an aggressive head and neck cancer.

Rockefeller University • futurity
Dec. 7, 2022 ~8 min

To fight anemia, prompt women to recognize fatigue

A public health intervention to get women in Odisha, India treatment for anemia focuses on social barriers.

Jessica Colarossi-Boston University • futurity
June 16, 2022 ~11 min

B12 deficiency harms kids. Food aid isn’t helping

B12 deficiency is an enormous yet overlooked problem and the current food relief is not helping. Researchers call for new solutions.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
May 4, 2022 ~7 min

Hope for breast cancer patients, but with a cruel caveat

New target for old antibiotic rooted in decades-long effort to unlock secrets of lethal childhood disease.

Alvin Powell • harvard
March 14, 2022 ~13 min

Could other stuff replace blood transfusions for anemia?

Blood transfusions save lives, but there's short supply. What if transfusions don't always require blood? New research indicates an alternative.

Danielle Torrent Tucker-Stanford • futurity
Oct. 26, 2021 ~7 min


Could other stuff replace blood transfusions for anemia?

Blood transfusions save lives, but there's short supply. What if transfusions don't always require blood? New research indicates an alternative.

Danielle Torrent Tucker-Stanford • futurity
Oct. 26, 2021 ~7 min

The 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine helps unravel mysteries about how the body senses temperature and pressure

The joint award recognizes the long road to deciphering the biology behind the brain’s ability to sense its surroundings – work that paves the way for a number of medical and biological breakthroughs.

Steven D. Munger, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida • conversation
Oct. 5, 2021 ~9 min

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