Blood transfusions are a remarkable medical intervention that has saved my life more than once. When I hear someone “needs a blood transfusion,” I immediately…
People with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) who are hospitalized on weekends face no increased risk of worse outcomes than those admitted on weekdays, according to a large analysis of U.S. inpatient data. On the contrary, delayed treatment with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) — a standard therapy — and…
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A 67-year-old woman in Japan experienced repeated relapses of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) after treatment for her Cushing’s syndrome sharply lowered her hormone cortisol levels,…
