Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels, quitting smoking, managing diabetes: these evidence-backed approaches remain key ways to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (SN: 11/9/15). But an ...

Familial Alzheimer's disease can be transferred via bone marrow transplant, researchers show. When the team transplanted bone marrow stem cells from mice carrying a hereditary version of Alzheimer's ...

SAN DIEGO — The sickle cell community has for the past few days been buzzing with news of the first-ever approved gene therapies for the devastating disease. Meanwhile, researchers at the American ...

Medically reviewed by Gagandeep Brar, MD Key Takeaways Bone marrow fills the cavities in your bones and produces blood ...

Only one procedure can cure Steve and Stacy Trebing's daughter. Dec. 21, 2007— -- Within hours of Katie Trebing's birth Dec. 12, 2002, she needed a blood transfusion to save her life -- the first ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two-year EFS and OS rates comparable with transplant from myeloablative matched sibling donors. Researchers ...

An immunotherapy kept multiple myeloma at bay for over 80 percent of patients in a three-year clinical trial, and the FDA ...

For many, a blood stem cell transplant is their best hope for survival. However, finding unrelated donors is challenging, ...

A bone marrow biopsy is a medical procedure used to collect a small sample of bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones where blood cells are made. This test helps a physician ...

Pedestrian critically injured after hit by car in Sandy intersection A pedestrian was critically injured after they were hit by a car in an intersection.Sgt. Mike Olsen with the Sandy Police ...