World Thalassemia Day - 8 May 2015

www.healthlibrary.com World Thalassemia Day - 8 May 2015 Discover and share this week’s pick of a health topic Thalassemia is a blood disorder passed down through families (inherited) in which the body makes an abnormal form of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The disorder results in large numbers of red blood cells being destroyed, which leads to anemia. Like us on facebook

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