Anemia

An icon of the railroad past is taking shape in the Martin family's back yard.  The wooden caboose is a gift for their daughter, Kaylin. "Kaylin has loved trains since she was very little," said Sandra Martin, Kaylin's mother.  "She gets that from her...

Franklin County (Pa.) Commissioner Robert L. Thomas, who has been a commissioner since 1995, announced Friday that he will be able to continue serving in the post even as he undergoes treatment for the blood and bone marrow disease myelodysplastic...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a strong warning from U.S. regulators in 2007, for-profit dialysis centers still gave their kidney failure patients more of a certain anemia drug than non-profit centers in 2008, says a new study. The researchers write...

Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops medicines used in the treatment of cancer, kidney disease, arthritis, bone disease and other serious illnesses. The Thousand Oaks company's top-selling products include arthritis medication Enbrel,...

Two antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C appear to work as well in the real world as they did during clinical trials, an international research consortium has observed. The consortium also released data that may help inform how doctors and patients...

Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com. April 29, 2013 Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher made his first public appearance with former FSU coach Bobby Bowden since Bowden’s controversial ouster three years ago, when the two teamed up Sunday for a fundraiser in Birmingham, Ala. Fisher...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher made his first public appearance with former FSU coach Bobby Bowden since Bowden's controversial ouster three years ago when the two teamed Sunday for a fund-raiser in Birmingham, Ala. Fisher and his...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher and his wife Candi will be teaming up with college football royalty next weekend when they take their fight against Fanconi anemia on the road. The Fishers will be joined in Birmingham, Ala., next...

* Drugs mimic body's response to being at high altitude * Experimental tablets an alternative to injections of EPO * Astellas and partner FibroGen in lead with Phase III pill * GSK CEO says excited by potential of its Phase II product By Ben Hirschler...

TALLAHASSEE -- Jimbo Fisher may have helped lead his football team to a conference championship last fall, but his family, like many others, continues a fight of a different kind. This week, while visiting with doctors at the University of Minnesota's...

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the cells in the bone marrow that affects 750,000 people worldwide; it is an uncontrolled growth of plasma cells which attack and destroy bone and damage the kidneys and immune system. In the United States, there are...