I owe my long interest in inherited blood diseases and tropical medicine to a series of characteristically bizarre decisions by the British Army. In 1958, 2 years after qualifying in medicine from ...

Iron deficiency anaemia is a major concern in India, emphasizing the importance of a balanced diet for overall health.

World Thalassemia Day is observed on May 8 to raise awareness about the genetic blood disorder that affects haemoglobin production in the body. Explaining what thalassemia is, Dr Priti Mehta ...

Thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, affects thousands of people in Telangana and Hyderabad, yet awareness and understanding of the condition remain limited. We spoke to Chandrakant Agarwal ...

At a time when the state health department has over and again requested young people to get their blood tested before marriage to get rid of thalassemia, a mass marriage was held at Bagbazar ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Thalassemia can be eradicated from India with a collective will of the people and the Government within ten years. We have done it with Small pox and we have done it with Polio.

Michelle Harlan, who has sickle beta thalassemia, wants to help others by getting a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.

Agios Pharmaceuticals has filed for regulatory approval of its drug Mitapivat (PYRUKYND) to treat adult patients with both non-transfusion-dependent and transfusion-dependent forms of alpha- or ...

The government has planned to launch a nationwide awareness campaign on prevention of Thalassemia in the country. Managing Director, Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal, Amir Fida Paracha in an interview said that ...