The FDA recently approved a new medication called Vafseo to help manage anemia, a common complication in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who need dialysis. Anemia is a condition where your blood doesn't have enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to your body's tissues.  What is Vafseo? Vafseo is a pill you take once a day to help your body produce more red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen throughout your body, and low red blood cell levels can make

Sickle cell anemia is when the body is unable to get enough oxygen throughout the body due to misshaped blood cells. This disease affects around eight million people around the world and about a hundred-thousand people in America. Of those hundred-thousand people, around 90% are African American. This disease is genetic - and is therefore passed down through generations. Mechanism of disease In sickle cell anemia, the gene that tells the body how to make hemoglobin is comprom

In simple terms, anemia is a common blood condition that is caused by a deficiency of healthy red blood cells or a low level of hemoglobin. Anemia reduces the blood's ability to transport oxygen to organs and tissues, thus a common symptom is being pale, due to lower oxygen levels. The condition can be caused by many different factors, but one of the most prevalent is iron deficiency anemia . Today, iron-deficiency anemia affects “approximately 1.2 billion people worldwide,