This study offers insights into the most effective treatment for MV disease. CCS-MVR using the entire anterior leaflet translocation may be an effective approach for achieving long-term outcomes.

In this video, Ronak Mistry, DO, discusses the results of a study presented at ASH Annual Meeting that examined the use of hydroxyurea in patients with hemoglobin SC disease. Mistry, an assistant ...

There are many types of sickle cell disease. The majority of cases are divided into three subtypes depending on which genes you inherited: Hemoglobin is an iron-containing protein found in your ...

The hemoglobin elevating agent is being developed for the treatment of anemia associated with multiple diseases including dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease, non-dialysis dependent chronic ...

He was diagnosed with Hemoglobin SS, the most common and most severe kind of sickle cell disease, as a baby. "We could be at a family event, and we'd have to go because I needed to go to the ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A 41-year-old man in New Hampshire died last week after contracting a rare mosquito-borne illness called ...

The disease, like West Nile virus, is transmitted by mosquitoes, but E.E.E. has a higher death rate and is more rare. It is not contagious from person to person. Most people who get the virus do ...

She went to a neurologist who thought she had Parkinson’s disease. Doctors normally diagnose the neurodegenerative condition by symptoms. Lucas, 59, had them.

Sickle cell anemia is a type of sickle cell disease. It occurs when a person inherits genes that produce abnormal hemoglobin. As a result, red blood cells develop a sickle shape and are unable to ...

“Years of long-term follow-up continue to suggest that lovo-cel has the potential to address the underlying cause of sickle cell disease and ... anti-sickling adult hemoglobin after infusion ...

6:56 E. coli outbreak in Calgary: What you need to know The number of E. coli infections linked to Calgary-area daycares could continue to rise, a doctor warns, potentially expanding the outbreak ...