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  • What is Hematology?
    Health - 11 Oct 2023
    Hematology is a branch of medicine concerning the study of blood, the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases. The word "heme" comes from the Greek for blood.
  • What Happens if You Take Too Much Iron?
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    Iron is an essential mineral in the diet, and is a crucial component of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body. Dietary iron is present in two forms. Heme...
  • Hematology Treatments
    Health - 10 Jul 2023
    Hematology is a branch of medicine concerned with the study of blood, blood disease and the organs involved in forming blood. The diagnosis and treatment of hematological disorders is mainly managed...
  • Chelation Therapy Medical Use
    Health - 16 Jun 2023
    Chelation therapy is a widely used medicine for the treatment of heavy metal poisoning. The treatment can be administered orally or through injection into a vein or muscle.
  • Congenital Birth Defects
    Health - 30 Dec 2022
    A congenital birth defect, also known as a congenital anomaly, is a condition that is present at birth due to structural deformities in the development of a fetus. Common examples of congenital birth...
  • Sickle-Cell Disease Genetics
    Health - 7 Apr 2021
    Sickle-cell disease is caused by a gene mutation that leads to the production of Sickle hemoglobin.
  • Enlarged Spleen (Splenomegaly)
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    The spleen is an intra-abdominal organ located just below the left side of the ribcage, behind the stomach. It is involved in removing abnormal or worn-out red cells from the blood, and also...
  • What is Hemochromatosis?
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    Hemochromatosis is a disorder in which iron overload occurs in the body, causing iron toxicity. This leads to storage of iron within the heart, the liver, and the pancreas, among other tissues,...
  • Vibrio Vulnificus: The “Flesh-Eating” Bacteria Behind Coastal Infections
    Health - 4 Aug 2025
    Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic marine pathogen that can cause severe, sometimes fatal, infections in humans, especially among those with underlying health conditions. Climate change, global...
  • What is Juberg-Marsidi Syndrome?
    Health - 12 Sep 2023
    Juberg-Marsidi syndrome (JMS) is a rare, multisystem, congenital condition, first noted by Richard Juberg and Irene Marsidi in 1980.

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