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Adaptive cognitive training program may help children with sickle cell dis
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 11 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggest that an adaptive cognitive training program could help treat attention and working memory difficulties in children with sickle cell disease (SCD).
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Promising approach to treating attention,working memory difficulties in ch
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): An adaptive cognitive training program could help treat attention and working memory difficulties in children with sickle cell disease (SCD), suggests a new study published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology shows.
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Study reveals nutrition, companionship reduce pain in mice with sickle cel
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], February 1 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that an enriched diet and companionship can reduce pain in mice with sickle cell disease by increasing serotonin. They also discovered that duloxetine, an antidepressant that boosts serotonin levels, could be an alternative t
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Cannabis shows potential for mitigating sickle cell disease pain
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], July 19 (ANI): Cannabis appears to be a safe and potentially effective treatment for the chronic pain that afflicts people with sickle cell disease, according to a new clinical trial.
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Pre-counselling, diagnosis can prevent genetic diseases and disorders in f
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 1 (ANI): Pre-counselling and right diagnosis are a must to prevent genetic diseases and disorders in the future generations, say doctors.
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All you need to know about sickle-cell disease
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 04 (ANI): A new study sheds light on how sickle-cell disease occurs when deformed red blood cells clump together, blocking tiny blood vessels and causing severe pain and swelling in the affected body parts.
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Kids with Acute Chest Syndrome at risk of respiratory failure: Study
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 06 (ANI): A study has recently warned that if Acute Chest Syndrome (ACS), a potentially severe lung complication of sickle cell disease, is not treated effectively in children then it may increase the risk of respiratory failure, chronic lung disease and prolonged
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Now, it's easier to blunt sickle cell disease
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): As population of sickle cell poses a formidable challenge, odds have dramatically lessened in its treatment.
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