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  1. Health & Medicine

    Age-related anemia hastens death

    People who develop low concentrations of iron-containing hemoglobin in their blood as they get older are at elevated risk for serious medical problems and early death.

    By Ben Harder
  2. Health & Medicine

    Thalidomide-like drug treats blood disorder

    A novel drug appears to help people with myelodysplasia, a persistent condition that leaves them short of crucial blood components.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Health & Medicine

    Novel drug fights leukemia

    An experimental drug helps a small but significant fraction of people with acute myeloid leukemia and causes minimal side effects.

    By Ben Harder
  4. Health & Medicine

    Select immune cells help marrow grafts

    By excising certain immune cells from donor bone marrow, physicians have devised a new way of performing marrow transplants.