Anemia

More than half of people with iron deficiency continued to have low iron levels 3 years after diagnosis, according to retrospective study results.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hydralazine-induced autoimmune conditions may have a varied presentation, including drug-induced lupus or vasculitis, according to a speaker, here.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Clinicians do not consistently use algorithms for dosing methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta when treating patients with anemia, presented research shows.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Researchers reported results from a phase 1b/2a placebo-controlled study of DISC-0974, an anti-hemojuvelin antibody to treat anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Akebia Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA approval for its oral anemia drug Vafseo for treating anemia in adults with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis for at least 3 months.

Anorexia nervosa during pregnancy was associated with several adverse neonatal outcomes, such as preterm and small for gestational age birth, compared with women without eating disorders, researchers reported.

  Healio spoke with Akriti Jain, MD, about aproaching the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome based on where patients lie on the MDS spectrum.

Healio has compiled a list of its most-read anemia care news in 2023.

SAN DIEGO — Navitoclax added to ruxolitinib led to a significant improvement in spleen volume reduction compared with placebo among patients with untreated myelofibrosis, study results presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition showed.

Healio spoke with Ryan. W. Jacobs, MD, about challenges in the treatment of CLL.