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Study shows link between sickle cell disease, higher death risk in pregnan
Updated : 9 hours ago IST
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have found a connection between having sickle cell disease (SCD), a hereditary blood ailment, and having a significantly increased risk of maternal morbidity and mortality.
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Centre to provide sickle cell anaemia status cards to tribal people below
Updated : 1 day, 11 hours ago IST
This card will be divided into three different colour code categories. If a female has sickle cell anaemia then she will carry this card and the same will be followed with males also. The card will be issued based on the screening results and it will be in blue and pink colour.
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Govt to start awareness programme in mission mode in tribal areas to elimi
Updated : 1 day, 14 hours ago IST
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said that an awareness programme will be started in the tribal areas which are badly affected by Sickle Cell Anaemia.
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Budget, a step towards achieving 'Amrit Kaal' vision: Health Minister Mans
Updated : 1 day, 15 hours ago IST
"Sickle cell anemia is a major disease among the tribal population. Seven crore people below the age group of 40 years will be screened for this disease," Mandaviya added.
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Budget: Centre aims to eliminate sickle cell anemia by 2047
Updated : 1 day, 22 hours ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her budget speech in Parliament, said that the central government aims to eliminate Sickle Cell Anemia by 2047, and a mission will soon be launched in this regard.
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Music therapies bring down discomfort, anxiety in cancer patients: Study
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
According to a new study published in the journal 'Integrative Cancer Therapies', music therapy reduces levels of pain and anxiety in cancer patients and sickle cell disease patients.
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Dr Yukata Niihara felicitated by Minister of State, Arun Halder for develo
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI/SRV): Dr Yukata Niihara, e CEO and Chair of Emmaus life sciences Inc. USA, an internationally renowned doctor with over a dozen awards and citations, was felicitated in an event held at the World Trade Center, Cuffe Parade by the Minister of State, Arun Ha
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PM Modi to lay foundation of National Institute for One Health in Nagpur
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The Union Health Ministry said the prevalence of Sickle Cell disease in the Vidarbha region of Central India, especially in the tribal population, is high, with expected carrier frequency as high as 35 per cent in certain tribal groups.
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Researchers speed identification of DNA regions that regulate gene express
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have developed an integrated, high-throughput system to better understand and possibly manipulate gene expression for the treatment of disorders such as sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia. The research appears today in the journal Nature
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National seminar on sickle cell anaemia organised on World Sickle Cell Day
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 24 (ANI/PNN): A national seminar on sickle cell anaemia was organised on the World Sickle Cell Day by the Greater Brajeswari-based Advanced Institute of Paramedical Sciences at Indore in association with the Advanced Homeopathic Medical research society.
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Homoeopathy, Ayurveda, along with Allopathy to beat sickle cell anaemia an
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh [India], May 25 (ANI/PNN): With cases of sickle cell anaemia rapidly rising in Jhabua, Rajgarh, and other tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh, Governor Mangubhai Patel stressed the need for joint efforts of practitioners of homoeopathy, Ayurveda, and Allopathy along with ot
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Research: Pain coping ability in sickle cell disease patients can be impro
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Cleveland (Ohio) [US], February 20 (ANI): A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health found that patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) who participated in music therapy learned new self-management skills and improved their ability to cope with pain.
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