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Biomedical engineers have developed a smartphone app with the aim of non-invasive detection of anemia. Instead of a blood test, the app uses photos of someone’s fingernails taken on a smartphone to determine whether the level of hemoglobin in their blood seems low.
The researchers published their results on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, in Nature Communications.
[...] The app could facilitate self-management by patients with chronic anemia, allowing them to monitor their disease and to identify the times when they need to adjust their therapies or receive transfusions, the researchers said. That may reduce side effects or complications of having transfusions too early or too late.
The technology could be used by anyone at any time and could be especially appropriate for pregnant women, women with abnormal menstrual bleeding, or runners/athletes. Its simplicity means it could be useful in developing countries.
https://www.news.gatech.edu/2018/12/10/no-bleeding-required-anemia-detection-smartphone
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday January 07 2019, @02:20PM
Three uncommonly insightful and diligent experimentalists shared the 1934 medicine Nobel for their discovery of Liver Therapy: eat lots of it - raw.
Some further work determined that the key component is Vitamin B12, so now one doesn’t need to eat liver anymore, rather you can get injections. A fellow Soylentil pointed out that some are able just to take large doses of Methylcobalamin - most tablets are Cyanocobalamin.
PA is significantly more prevalent among older people; B12 Anemia can also be caused by the use of antacids for chronic heartburn and acid reflux as an acid stomach is required to absorb B12 in the small intestine.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]