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...Health Sciences University and the drug company Novartis--still have a lot to prove. The current reports are from what researchers call Phase I, or safety, studies, which are designed to test a drug's side effects, not its ability to prolong lives. Several patients developed severe though reversible anemia while on the drug, and there's a strong possibility that cancer cells could eventually develop resistance...
...decade, researchers have been working with so-called knock-out and knock-in mice--rodents that have had genes added or effectively subtracted from their genome. By observing these custom-made lab animals, researchers have gleaned invaluable information about the workings of hundreds of illnesses, including arteriosclerosis, sickle-cell anemia and nearly every variety of cancer that afflicts people...
Folic acid has also recently been linked to the prevention of colon cancer, heart disease and dementia in both men and women. A deficiency in folate can lead to severe anemia...
...March, Frimmer's illness had worsened. He suffered from anemia and renal failure. A condition called lymphedema caused fluid to accumulate in his legs, which made walking difficult, then rise into his chest, which made breathing as laborious as "trying to blow up a balloon in a bowl of Jell-O," he said. Unable to get comfortable, he slept sitting up, just an hour or so at a stretch. He was reluctant to use enough medication to quell the pain. "On a good day, I would guess the pain is life affirming. It lets him know he's still here...
...ERYTHROPOIETIN EPO regulates red-cell production, and these cells deliver oxygen throughout the body. Developed to alleviate anemia in patients with kidney disease, synthetic EPO is a diet staple for many long-distance runners, swimmers and cyclists. The oxygen boost it provides can improve an athlete's performance in a 20-min. run by 30 sec.; in a marathon, by as much...