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• Some Lead Poisoning Tests May Be Faulty
• Heart Attack Risk Spikes After Respiratory Infection, Study Finds

JOURNAL UPDATE

Device Found as Effective as Heparin for Clot Prevention

• Prostate Cancer Linked to Thromboembolism
• Acute Care Events High in Sickle Cell Disease Patients
• Anemia Increases Mortality Risk After Heart Attack

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Automated blood-cell analyzers. Can you count on them to count well?

For a non-hematologist like me, what was striking at the very outset while beginning to learn about cell counting, was the remarkable way in which techniques of cell counting (hematology)  and particle counting (physics)  have complemented and contributed to each other. It is indeed interesting…

Chemotherapy and cardiac toxicity - the lesser of two evils

One of the most dreaded side effects of certain chemotherapy agents is their effect on the heart. The paradox comes from the fact that these drugs, while only a handful, are among the few chemotherapy agents with a substantial survival benefit. In some cases their use is unavoidable.

DNA methylation signatures identify biologically distinct subtypes in acute myeloid leukemia

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Cold agglutinin disease

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RE: Aspirin Use as Treatment in Colorectal Cancer: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

Thank you for reading my article.  Interesting theory.  Lots of research is ongoing to figure out the many ways aspirin does it magic.

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