Noncancerous blood disorders are conditions that affect blood cells, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Blood disorders may cause symptoms and complications, but most are ...

The longer a person has type 2 diabetes, the greater the risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study from Karolinska ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

The American Red Cross is calling for more blood donations from people who are African American, Black or multiracial, saying ...

After years of type 2 diabetes, red blood cells may quietly turn against the heart—offering a new clue for spotting danger ...

The amino acid glutamine plays an unexpected role in erythropoiesis, the differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells into mature red blood cells. Ordinarily, glutamine is broken down by stem cells ...

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Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...

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 ...