Itchy skin is a common thing we all experience from time to time, but one oncologist has warned that in some cases it could ...

Yes, infections can cause anaemia in many ways. Infections can lead to inflammation of your body or parts of it, thanks to your body’s immune response. Then your body releases factors that can block ...

It's true that vitamin C can give your immune system a boost, but when it comes to treating or preventing colds, things get a ...

The US FDA has approved the drug Mitapivat, marketed as Aqvesme, as the very first oral therapy for anemia in adults with ...

Researchers at Tsinghua University have created a rapid, label-free method using polarized light detection to identify and ...

There are several warning signs that you might be suffering from a vitamin B12 deficiency, and one of these may appear in a ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a lab-grown embryo-like model called “hematoids”, which self-organises from stem cells to mimic very early human development. After about two ...

New findings about the effect of certain mutated cells on the entire blood-forming system and its environment could change how doctors treat patients with blood cancers. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown ...

What Is an MCHC Blood Test? A mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) blood test measures the amount of a protein called hemoglobin in your red blood cells. It’s one of many measurements ...

What Is a RDW Blood Test? An RDW blood test – also known as a red blood cell distribution width blood test – is a measure of the difference in your red blood cells’ size and volume. RDW is one part of ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...