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Health Encyclopedia: Anemia Resources

Resources

www.anemia.org -- National Anemia Action Council
www.nhlbi.nih.gov -- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
www.irondisorders.org -- Iron Disorders Institute
www.thalassemia.org -- Cooley's Anemia Foundation
www.aamds.org -- Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/anemia -- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Clearinghouse (Anemia in kidney disease and dialysis)

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Expert & Community Posts

Cheating Death: Art Buchwald, With Admiration

By Beth Brophy , Health Expert

...winter, talking about his decision to opt out of dialysis and instead move into a hospice and... Read more »

Hard Medical Choices: Where's the Discussion?

By Dr. Kirk Laman: Wholehearted Cardiologist , Health Expert

...alive, artificially). She would also need kidney dialysis, taking off her blood, to reduce the... Read more »

The Dreaded Diabetes Police

By Beth McNamara , Health Expert

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 "You do not have the right to... Read more »

Is 50 the new 30? Or the new 75?

By Sue Bergeson , Health Expert

I was pleased to be invited in September to participate in the National Wellness Summit for People... Read more »

My Motivation

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

Motivating people with diabetes to control this disease is my goal in life. For most of my life I... Read more »

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Health Guide

Restless Legs Syndrome and Related Disorders: Risk Factors

...strongly associated with deficiencies in iron and with B vitamin folate (which in turn reduce iron levels).DialysisBetween 20 - 62% of people undergoing dialysis report restless legs syndrome.... Read more »

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Treatment for Severe SLE

...treating active kidney disease and for managing milder forms of nephritis.Procedures. Kidney transplant or dialysis should be considered for patients with SLE with severe kidney damage. For... Read more »

The Effects of exercise on cancer, neurological disorders and other health conditions

...times per week have better survival rates than those who are less active, researchers involved in the Dialysis Morbidity and Mortality Wave 2 study report. However, the majority of study... Read more »

Heart Attack Prognosis: Learn about Arrhythmias, Atrioventricular (AV) block

...disease or risk factors for heart diseasePeople with heart failurePeople with diabetesPeople on long-term dialysisWomen are more likely to die after a heart attack than men. The risk is highest in... Read more »

Scleroderma: Prognosis

...the kidney is a slow progression that may produce some damage. Such damage does not usually require dialysis.Renal Crisis. The most serious kidney complication in scleroderma is renal crisis. It... Read more »

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Medications

Ultram Oral Uses and How to Use

...have serious kidney disease (e.g., if you are on dialysis), the maximum recommended dose is 100... Read more »

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Related News

Hormone Level Key for Dialysis Patients

August 07, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Monitoring a hormone level in dialysis patients could help doctors determine which patients with kidney failure are at risk for... Read summary »

Kidney Transplant Saves the Brain

November 13, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A common procedure could stop the cognitive impairment often seen in patients with chronic kidney disease. Researchers report... Read summary »

Dialysis at Home

October 25, 2006

INDIANAPOLIS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Teaching fourth grade -- and tutoring at home -- is a full-time job for Chris Dowling. But that, along with... Read summary »

Dialysis Risks

September 15, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A simple bone disease test may signal an increased risk of death for people on dialysis for chronic kidney disease. That's the... Read summary »

Hope for Dialysis Patients

August 11, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Many patients awaiting a kidney transplant find themselves on dialysis for years. About one-third of kidney failure patients... Read summary »

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