41. The National Marrow Donor Program Provides marrow transplants from volunteer unrelated donors to patients with leukemia, aplastic anemia and other potentially lifethreatening blood diseases. http://www.marrow.org/

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42. Iron Deficiency Anemia Article describing symptoms and treatments for anemia. http://www.mamashealth.com/nutrition/anemia.asp

Mamashealth.com Home Nutrition Pages Anemia Antioxidants Bottled Water Caffeine ... Water Links American Food Pyramid Email Mama Healthy Meals What is Iron Deficiency Anemia? Iron Deficiency Anemia (also called IDA) is a condition where a person has inadequate amounts of iron to meet body demands. It is a decrease in the amount of red cells in the blood caused by having too little iron. IDA is usually caused by a diet insufficient in iron or from blood loss. Blood loss can be acute as in hemorrhage or trauma or long term as in heavy menstruation. Iron deficiency anemia is the most common form of anemia. About 20% of women, 50% of pregnant women, and 3% of men are iron deficient. Iron deficiency anemia and sickle cell anemia are VERY DIFFERENT. To read about sickle cell anemia, click here. What is Iron? Iron is an essential component of hemoglobin, the oxygen carrying pigment in the blood. Iron is normally obtained through the food in the diet. Iron is part of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying component of the blood. Iron-deficient people tire easily because their bodies are starved for oxygen. Iron is also part of myoglobin. Myoglobin helps muscle cells store oxygen. Without enough iron, the body's fuel cannot be properly synthesized. What Causes Iron Deficiency Anemia?

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45. Treating Anemia Beneficial After Heart Attacks CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/10/25/heart.anemia.ap/index.html

46. New Anemia Drug Approved For Kidney Patients CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/09/18/anemia.drug.ap/index.html

47. Fanconi Mutation Database Fanconi anemia Mutation Database. The Fanconi anemia Mutation Databasehas been established as a cooperative effort in an effort http://www.rockefeller.edu/fanconi/mutate/

Fanconi Anemia Mutation Database The Fanconi Anemia Mutation Database has been established as a cooperative effort in an effort to accelerate the availability of information. The database is divided into a public section listing mutations that have already been reported in the literature, and a private section with unpublished data. The private section is available to interested researchers who agree to a set of guidelines for sharing data. Database Co-Curators Arleen D. Auerbach, PhD The Rockefeller University, NY Detlev Schindler,MD,PhD University of Wuerzburg, Germany Database Manager Kelly Milton The Rockefeller University, NY

48. Mothercare Maternal Anemia Program Study in PDF format of the prevalence of anemia amongst pregnant women and mothers to be in the Thyolo district. http://www.jsi.com/intl/mothercare/RHF/malawi.pdf

49. Anemia of anemia. anemia is an abnormal reduction in red blood cells.......anemia. December 2001. WHAT IS anemia AND SOME OF ITS CAUSES? General http://www.reutershealth.com/wellconnected/doc57.html

Anemia December 2001 WHAT IS ANEMIA AND SOME OF ITS CAUSES? General Description of Anemia Anemia is an abnormal reduction in red blood cells. It is a great problem globally and worse in developing countries, but by no means absent in industrialized nations. Anemia can occur from a malfunction at any point in the production, recycling, or regulating of red blood cells. [See Box Blood .] Anemia is not a single disease but a condition, like fever, with many possible causes and many forms. Anemia most commonly occurs as a result of the following conditions: Low iron levels (iron deficiency anemia). Inhibition of erythropoietin production by the immune system (anemia of chronic disease). Vitamin deficiencies (megaloblastic anemia). Premature destruction of red blood cells (hemolytic anemia). Replacement of normal bone marrow cells by cancer cells (myelophthisic anemia). Injury to bone marrow (aplastic anemia). An inborn structural defect in red blood cells (eg, sickle-cell anemia). An inability to manufacture hemoglobin.

50. Welcome To Jake' Information on life with Fanconi anemia. http://www2.eos.net/jake

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51. Anemia And Iron Status anemia and Iron Status. If this continues, anemia results. anemia isa manifestation of iron deficiency when it is relatively severe. http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec80006a7d

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Home About Us Site Map Topic Index ... Related Links Anemia and Iron Status Young children are at great risk of iron deficiency because of rapid growth and increased iron requirements. Iron deficiency can occur due to lack of iron in the diets. If this continues, anemia results. Anemia is a manifestation of iron deficiency when it is relatively severe. It is important to note that not all anemia is due to iron deficiency. The primary causes of anemia include reduced red blood cell and hemoglobin production, hemolysis of red blood cells, and loss of blood. Although an inadequate dietary intake of several nutrients may reduce the production of red blood cells and hemoglobin, the most common cause of anemia throughout the world is iron deficiency. Poverty, abuse, and living in a home with poor household conditions also place children at risk for iron deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency anemia is seen most commonly in children six months to three years of age. Those at highest risk are low birth weight infants after two months of age, breastfed term infants who receive no iron-fortified foods or supplemental iron after four months of age, and formula fed term infants who are not consuming iron-fortified formula. Iron deficiency anemia significantly impairs mental and psychomotor development in infants and children. Although iron deficiency can be reversed with treatment, the reversibility of the mental and psychomotor impairment is not yet clearly understood. Thus, prevention and treatment need to be emphasized more than detection. In addition, iron deficiency increases a child’s susceptibility to lead toxicity. Lead replaces iron in the absorptive pathway when iron is unavailable.

52. Diseases - 123World An alphabetic list of websites on various diseases like allergy, anxieties, anemia, cancer, mental, nurological diseases and links to the english version of these sites. http://www.123world.com/health/diseases/

DISEASES a b c d ... z A Allergy American Lyme disease Foundation Alzheimer’s Association Anemia ... Autoimmune Diseases B Blood Disorders Bone Diseases and Disorders C Cancers Circulation Disorders Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America H Heart Diseases Hormonal Disorders I Infectious Diseases K Kidney Diseases L Liver Diseases M Mental Disorders Mood Disorders N Neurological Diseases R Respiratory Diseases S Skin Diseases

53. N C H S - FASTATS - Anemia anemia/Iron Deficiency. (Data are for US for year in parentheses). Number of residentswith anemia 174,600 (1999). Percent of residents with anemia 10.7 (1999). http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/anemia.htm

A B C D ... I J K L M N ... P Q R S T U ... W X Y Z FASTATS Home NCHS Home Accessibility Search NCHS ... Contact us Anemia/Iron Deficiency (Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses) Morbidity Percent of children ages 1-2 years: 7 (1999-2000) Percent of females ages 12-49: 12 (1999-2000) Source: MMWR, Oct. 11, 2002/51(40);897-899 Health Care Use Nursing home care Number of residents with anemia: 174,600 (1999) Percent of residents with anemia: 10.7 (1999) Source: National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary Mortality Number of deaths: 4,6 Deaths per 100,000 population: 1.6 (2001) Source: Deaths: Final data for 2001 Related links National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey National Home and Hospice Care Survey National Nursing Home Survey Mortality data ... I J K L M N ... P Q R S T U ... W X Y Z FASTATS Home NCHS Home Accessibility Search NCHS ... Health Topics A-Z This page last reviewed March 25, 2004 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

54. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Services, which are for childhood cancers of the blood, neuroblastoma, Ewing's sarcoma, Wilm's tumor, and noncancerous blood disorders, including sickle cell anemia and immunodeficiency syndromes. http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/pedbmt

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55. New Hope For People With Sickle Cell Anemia (FDA Consumer Reprint) A recent clinical trial found that the drug Hydrea (hydroxyurea) significantlyreduced painful episodes in adults with a severe form of sickle cell anemia. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/496_sick.html

This article originally appeared in the May 1996 FDA Consumer and contains revisions made in December 1997 and February 1999. The article is no longer being updated. New Hope for People with Sickle Cell Anemia by Eleanor Mayfield In tropical regions of the world where the parasite-borne disease malaria is prevalent, people with a single copy of a particular genetic mutation have a survival advantage. Over time, people from these regions have migrated, had children, and in some cases married each other. Some of their children inherit two copies of the mutation. While inheriting one copy of the mutation confers a benefit, inheriting two copies is a tragedy. Children born with two copies of the genetic mutation have sickle cell anemia, a painful disease that affects the red blood cells and is curable only in rare instances. In February 1998, the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Droxia (hydroxyurea) for reducing painful episodes in adults with a severe form of sickle cell anemia. The drug doesn't cure the disease. Hydroxyurea also is approved under the name Hydrea for treating certain cancers. Genetic Defect Changes Cell Shape The genetic defect that causes sickle cell anemia affects hemoglobin, a component of red blood cells. Hemoglobin's job is to carry oxygen to all the cells and tissues of the body. Red blood cells that contain normal hemoglobin (such as the one pictured top right) are soft and round. Their soft texture enables them to squeeze through the body's small blood vessels.

56. Human Gene Testing - Summary Article by Drs. Stuart Orkin and Gary Felsenfeld describing how basic research led to genetic testing, including how the discoveries of DNA, restriction enzymes, cloning, PCR (polymerase chain reaction) make tests for diseases like sicklecell anemia and breast cancer possible. http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.article.asp?a=239

57. EMedicine Health - Overview You are in Blood and Lymphatic System, anemia, Overview, anemia describes thecondition in which the number of red blood cells in your blood is low. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/4893-1.asp

Search June 6, 2004 Registration Healthcare Professionals High cholesterol can affect children. Is your child at risk? About 1 million people in the United States have Crohn disease. What are treatment options? Is there a connection between IBD and Crohn Disease? About one third of those with diabetes do not know they have it. Are you one? Two million or more Americans have schizophrenia. Is someone you love affected? One third of those with asthma are children. What are the symptoms and triggers? Asthma Cholesterol Crohn Disease Diabetes ... Mental Health You are in: Blood and Lymphatic System Anemia Overview Blood is actually a liquid made up of several different cell types. One of the most important and most numerous cell types is the red blood cell. The purpose of the red blood cell is to deliver oxygen to the body. Anemia describes the condition in which the number of red blood cells in your blood is low. For this reason, doctors sometimes describe someone with anemia as having a low blood count. A person who has anemia is called anemic. Preventing anemia and having the correct number of red blood cells requires cooperation among the kidneys, the bone marrow, and nutrients within the body. If your kidneys or bones are not working, or your body is poorly nourished, then you might not be able to maintain a normal red blood cell count.

58. THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 11, Ch. 127, Anemias Merck Manual takes an in depth look at these disorders. http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section11/chapter127/127d.htm

This Publication Is Searchable The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Section 11. Hematology And Oncology Chapter 127. Anemias Topics [General] Anemias Caused By Blood Loss Anemias Caused By Deficient Erythropoiesis Anemias Caused By Excessive Hemolysis Anemias Caused By Excessive Hemolysis At the end of their normal life span (about 120 days), RBCs are removed by components of the mononuclear phagocyte system, principally in the spleen, where Hb catabolism takes place. The essential feature of hemolysis is a shortened RBC life span; hemolytic anemia results when bone marrow production can no longer compensate for the shortened RBC survival. Pathogenesis Most hemolysis is extravascular, ie, it occurs in phagocytic cells of the spleen, liver, and bone marrow. Hemolysis may result (1) from intrinsic abnormalities of RBC contents (Hb or enzymes) or membrane (permeability, structure, or lipid content), or (2) from problems extrinsic to the RBC (serum antibodies, trauma in the circulation, or infectious agents). The spleen is usually involved; it reduces RBC survival by destroying mildly abnormal RBCs or warm antibody-coated cells. If the spleen is enlarged, there may be trapping (sequestration) of even normal RBCs. Severely abnormal RBCs or those coated with cold antibodies or complement (C3) are destroyed within the circulation or in the liver, which (because of its large blood flow) can remove damaged cells efficiently. Intravascular hemolysis is uncommon; it results in hemoglobinuria when the Hb released into plasma exceeds the Hb-binding capacity of plasma-binding proteins (eg, haptoglobin). Hb is reabsorbed into renal tubular cells where Fe is converted to hemosiderin, part of which is assimilated for reutilization and part of which reaches the urine when the tubular cells slough. Identification of hemosiderinuria in a fresh urine specimen provides evidence of intravascular hemolysis.

59. Sickle Cell Anemia Tells what the condition is, how it affects people, how it may be treated and what young people with this condition can do to stay well. http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/blood/sickle_cell_anemia.html

KidsHealth Teens Blood Disorders Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary disorder that mostly affects people of African ancestry, but also occurs in other ethnic groups, including people who are of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern descent. More than 70,000 Americans have sickle cell anemia. And about 2 million Americans - and one in 12 African Americans - have sickle cell trait (this means they carry one gene for the disease, but do not have the disease itself). Sickle cell anemia occurs when a person inherits two abnormal genes (one from each parent) that cause their red blood cells to change shape. Instead of being flexible and round, these cells are more rigid and curved in the shape of the farm tool known as a sickle - that's where the disease gets its name. The shape is similar to a crescent moon. What Is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder that affects hemoglobin (pronounced: hee -muh-glow-bin), a protein found in red blood cells that helps carry oxygen throughout the body. Red blood cells with normal hemoglobin ( HbA ) move easily through the bloodstream, delivering oxygen to all of the cells of the body. Normal red blood cells are shaped like doughnuts with the centers partially scooped out and are soft and flexible.

60. Welcome To The American Sickle Cell Anemia Association A nonprofit organisation based in Cleveland Ohio whose objectives are to raise awareness of the condition. Features educational material, FAQs, support groups and a message board. http://www.ascaa.org/

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