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Avert Thalassemia With Awareness
Avert Thalassemia With Awareness
Every year over 10,000 thalassemic children are being born in India, experts deem that the by and large incurable blood disorder can be easily prevented through better awareness. May 8 i... 
 Himachal Pradesh Issues Directives to Reserve Beds for Thalassemia Patients
Himachal Pradesh Issues Directives to Reserve Beds for Thalassemia Patients
Just over a month after it was rapped by the High Court regarding care given to thalassemia patients, the Himachal Pradesh health department directed hospitals in the state to provide beds t... 
 Children With Thalassemia at Risk for HIV
Children With Thalassemia at Risk for HIV
Nearly 3,000 thalassemic children in India get infected with HIV virus annually due to inefficient testing during a crucial blood transfusion process. According to latest figures, more than... 
Thalassemia may Protect Kids from Malaria
Thalassemia may Protect Kids from Malaria
In a new study, researchers have found that the blood disease alpha thalassemia may protect kids from malaria. Alpha thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder in which children suffering fr... 
Iron Overload In Thalassemia - New Cause Discovered
Iron Overload In Thalassemia - New Cause Discovered
According to researchers at the NIH, iron overload in patients with thalassemia can be caused due to an overproduction of a protein called GDF15. This suppresses the production of a live... 
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Thalassemia comes from the Greek word "thalassemia" which means "anemia by-the-sea." The name thalassemia was coined at the University of Rochester in upstate New York by the Nobel Prize-winning pathologist George Whipple and the professor of pediatrics William Bradford from the Greek thalassa for sea and -emia meaning the blood. Thalassemia was first described by Cooley and Lee in 1925. Most of t ... Read More