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A Patient Walks Into a Sleep Clinic With Too Many Red Blood Cells…

How’s your blood?Over the last few months we’ve seen a spike in patients who’ve come to see us because “my blood count is too high.” The patients are puzzled. Why am I seeing sleep specialists when “I have too many red blood cells?” They’re seeing us because they have very smart, deeply caring primary care physicians. So let’s look at the…

Rockers, actors unite on London catwalk for male cancer awareness

From veteran shock rocker Alice Cooper to model David Gandy, men from the world of fashion, film and music united on the catwalk to raise awareness about male cancer. Charity One For the Boys hosted a gala on the sidelines of London’s menswear fashion week on Friday night under the helm of Hollywood actors Samuel L. Jackson and Stanley Tucci. “Pulp Fiction” star Jackson led male celebrities such as actor

Bluebird Bio's sickle cell gene therapy working for French boy

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – A pioneering gene therapy for sickle cell disease is working well so far for a 13-year-old French boy with the hereditary blood disorder, researchers said on Saturday, in a boost for the technology to fix faulty genes. SCD is caused by a mutated gene, resulting in abnormal red blood cell function. Patients suffer anemia, painful obstruction of blood vessels and, in some cases, early