http://www.bloodmed.com/ BloodMed.com - The global source for hematology education, practice and research. en-us Copyright 2012 Blackwell Publishing web@bloodmed.com web@bloodmed.com Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:15:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss SaturdaySunday Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ 126563 Kevin's ASP v1.0 60 http://www.bloodmed.com/graphics/logos/100x30BM.gif http://www.bloodmed.com/ 100 30 Search the BloodMed archive text http://www.bloodmed.com/home/advanced.asp http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1648 Patients with a particular type of blood cancer could receive low doses of Campath after a study found that it did not result in them succumbing to infections. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1649 Acute myeloid leukemia cells use a mechanism that allows them to evade chemotherapy, a new "extremely promising" study has shown. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1650 Chronic leukemia patients may not be helped by a recent thread of research involving JAK2 inhibitors, scientists have warned. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1645 Campaigners have called for action to protect families living near nuclear power plants after new findings linking them to leukemia among children. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1646 British hospitals are to test a radical new treatment for children with serious leukemia, it was announced today. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1647 A major European project to tackle a hard-to-treat form of childhood leukemia is being based in Berlin, Germany, it has been announced. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1644 A newly-identified kind of immune cell may help to protect against sepsis, new US research has claimed. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1642 DNA damage that leads to relapse in some leukemia patients may be caused by the chemotherapy drugs that fight the disease, researchers have reported. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1643 An unexpected discovery could lead to new opportunities for the use of anti-cancer drugs, British researchers say. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1638 Strategies for treating an aggressive form of leukemia may be near after a cancer sequencing project identified possible therapies associated with a different subtype of the disease. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1639 Scientists are hopeful that they have found a new drug to treat multiple myeloma. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1640 New research indicates that preventative treatment for hemophilia A can avoid excessive bleeding and improve quality of life. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1641 People who have experienced a venous thrombosis have a raised risk of death of the following eight years, according to a new study. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1636 Doctors in Boston, USA, who "twinned" with Rwandan doctors in a unique long-distance program to offer specialist cancer care for children in the African country, have spoken of its success. Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/ http://www.bloodmed.com/home/news1.asp?id=1637 A gene variation that is carried by 20 per cent of the population can affect how patients with a rare type of blood cancer respond to treatment, according to British scientists. Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Hematology/