Aspirin and Gastrointestinal Cancer: It May Keep the Doctor Away
I recently came across a great review article from the UK titled “Aspirin in Gastrointestinal Oncology: New Data on an Old Friend” and I wanted to share some insights I learned from this review. Aspirin has been around for over 100 years and had been used for a long time to treat pain, inflammation and […]
Benign Blood Disorders – Polycythemia
Low red blood cells or hemoglobin called anemia is the most common blood disorder world-wide. However, some patients have hemoglobin that is too high called polycythemia. Polycythemia can be caused by a bone marrow disorder caused polycythemia vera or from other causes outside the bone marrow called secondary polycythemia. Distinguishing between the two became much easier about ten years […]