What is Anaemia? A Basic Definition

Anaemia \A*n[ae]"mi*a\, Anemia
\A*ne"mi*a\([.a]*n[=e]"m[i^]*[.a]), a. [NL., fr. Gr. 'anaimi`a;
   'an priv. + a'i^ma blood.] (Med.)
   A morbid condition in which number of the red blood cells or
   concentration of hemoglobin decreases below that of normal.
   [1913 Webster + AS]

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Sun Feb 10

• Anaemia due to iron deficiency

Fri Jan 11

• WHO | Micronutrient deficiencies

Fri Dec 21

• BBC NEWS | Health | 'Skin cell cure' for sickle cells: By reprogramming skin cells in the lab to become stem cells, the US team were able to treat mice with a human type of sickle cell anaemia, Science reports.

Thu Dec 6

• Effect of nutritional iron deficiency on acute and chronic inflammation.: Impact of iron on inflammation
• Elevated oxidative stress in erythrocytes due to a SOD1 deficiency causes anaemia and triggers autoantibody production: Role of oxidative stress in aneamia

Wed Sep 12

• Makers of Anti-Anemia Drugs Dodge a Bullet: An FDA advisory committee just voted against an FDA proposal that could have effectively lowered the amount of anti-anemia drugs given to many kidney patients, Dow Jones reports. In a year full of safety worries and scrutiny from Congress and the FDA, the

Tue Aug 21

• Iron Rich Foods for Iron Deficiency Anemia
• Nutrition for Everyone: Iron Deficiency | DNPAO | CDC
• Nutrition for Everyone: Iron Deficiency | DNPAO | CDC

Tue Jul 3

• ANTI PESO: tentando mudar

Sun May 13

• NHS Direct - Health encyclopaedia -Anaemia

Fri Feb 2

• Iron Deficiency: Talking about iron deficiency and how easy it is to correct by eating the right types of iron rich foods.

Sun Dec 3

• DEBInet - Blutarmut - Therapie: anaemia

Tue Nov 28

• Blackwell Synergy: Br J Haematol, Vol 117, Issue 2, pp. 480-483: Prophylactic treatment with fresh-frozen plasma in chronic thrombotic thrombocytopen ic purpura (Abstract)

Thu Nov 23

• Malaria Journal | Abstract | 1475-2875-5-11 1 | Early home-based recognition of anaemia via general danger signs, in young children, in a malaria endemic community in north-east Tanzania

Sun Nov 12

• Lost lost · Onkar Joshi

Fri Jan 13

• Medical liaison - fatigue and anaemia
• Folic acid, ageing, depression, and dementia -- Reynolds 324 (7352): 1512 -- BMJ

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