News by Subject Medicine & Health

Data on 500,000 children born in Sweden were used to examine the association between mothers with anemia during pregnancy and the risk of children being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and intellectual disability.

This study examined whether postpartum women with headache from anesthesia after neuraxial anesthesia (such as epidural) during childbirth had increased risk of being diagnosed with bleeding around the brain (intracranial subdural hematoma).

Doctors at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals have successfully treated an infant with a rare childhood leukemia using a targeted therapy approved for adults with inoperable liver cancer and advanced kidney cancer. The decision to use the drug, sorafenib, was made after pathologists identified a unique mutation of two genes being fused together instead of on separate chromosomes -- according to a case study publishing in the journal Leukemia on Sept. 11, 2019.

For the World Federation of Hemophilia, Iorio assembled an international team of researchers from France, US and UK to perform a meta-analysis of the registry data in countries with the most comprehensive registries of hemophilia, which were Australia, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand and the UK.

In a preclinical study published in the journal Blood, researchers have found a synergistic connection, or crosstalk, between two rare but potentially deadly blood-clotting diseases -- thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Such a linkage between the two thrombotic microangiopathic disorders may provide a rationale for a more targeted therapeutic intervention in patients with refractory thrombotic microangiopathy.

The IJC Leukaemic Stem Cell research group, led by Ruth M. Risueño, has discovered in preclinical trials that a particular group of antihistamines can kill leukemic stem cells.

This study used a blood marker of inflammation to assess the association of inflammation in late adolescence with death among a group of apparently healthy men (born between 1952 and 1956) who had blood drawn for compulsory conscription in the Swedish Army (at ages 16 to 20) and who were observed up to age 57.

The healthy cells immediately surrounding a tumor become more stem cell-like and support cancer growth, reveals a new study published in Nature.

Iron deficiency in pregnancy is a common problem that often goes unrecognized and untreated due to a lack of knowledge of its implications and competing clinical priorities. To enhance screening and management of iron deficiency in pregnancy, a research team at Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital developed a quality improvement toolkit, called IRON MOM. The implementation of IRON MOM resulted in increased rates of ferritin testing and decreased rates of anemia at St. Michael's obstetric clinics.