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Newark, Delaware is home to 16 practicing hematologists who have offices in 1 county and the zip code of 19713.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Newark has a population of 30,060, which gives it a specialist to resident ratio of 1 hematologist for every 1,878 residents.
Delaware, located on the Atlantic Ocean, was the first state to ratify the constitution of the United States in 1787. Delaware’s population is 843,524, and its capital city is Dover. In Wilmington, visit the Grand Opera House or the Old Town Hall Museum built in 1798, or the Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in Milford. Drive to the Atlantic shore, or go bird-watching, fishing, hiking, biking, or canoeing in Delaware’s extensive park and trail systems. Dover is home to parks, historic museums, clubs, theater and dance, and offers bargain-hunting at tax-free outlet stores and antiques shops.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Delaware has a population of 843,524. Of this population, 189,940 are under the age of 18 and 111,761 are at or above the age of 65.
Hematology involves the diagnosis and care of diseases and disorders relating to the blood, spleen, and lymph glands. These include conditions such as anemia, clotting disorders, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, leukemia, and lymphoma, as well as special types of transfusions and bone marrow biopsies.
Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are AIDS, hemophilia, Myelomas, Evans' syndrome, Malaria, lymphoma, Leukemia, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Sickle-cell disease, Myeloma, Pernicious anemia, Thalassemia, Thrombocytopenia, Hodgkin's disease, Infectious mononucleosis, Agranulocytosis, Myelofibrosis, Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and Megaloblastic anemia.
Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, blood transfusion, Bone marrow transplant, Intramuscular injections, Anticoagulation therapy, and Venesection.
To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Coombs test, Bone marrow biopsy, D-dimer, Prothrombin time, Protein electrophoresis, Hemoglobin electrophoresis, Blood film, serum Ferritin level, Vitamin B12 and Folate levels, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), Full blood count, and Partial thromboplastin time.
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