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Fetal hemoglobin increases safely with increased hydroxyurea in infants with sickle cell anemia

Meghna Dua, MD, Department of Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, presented data from her team’s findings regarding hydroxyurea dosing in very young children with sickle cell disease (SCA) during the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition. With little published research on infants’ tolerance to hydroxyurea dose escalation, Dua and …

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WADA votes to oppose punishing doctors when necessary care results in fetal death

WADA votes to oppose punishing doctors when necessary care results in fetal death

Following the Supreme Court’s June decision to overturn Roe vs. Wadethe American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates voted on Monday on a resolution to fight against any policies or laws that punish clinicians or their patients in the event a woman loses a pregnancy as a result of medically necessary care , such as …

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