Items Tagged ‘increased death risk’
June 6, 2012
Immune System Glitch Linked to Four Times Higher Risk of Death
People with an immune system flaw that causes the overproduction of an antibody molecule called a free light chain are four times more likely to die of diseases including cancer, diabetes and cardiac and respiratory disease than those with normal levels, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic…Dr. Vincent Rajkumar, a Mayo Clinic hematologist and lead author […]
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