CHICAGO (Reuters) - Older patients whose red blood cell counts are even slightly out of the normal range are at higher risk of death and heart problems after major surgery, U.S. researchers said on ...

Blood cancer impairs the bone marrow's ability to produce healthy blood cells. While these cancers are serious, the growing knowledge in medical science has improved survival rates. Understanding the ...

Abnormal blood flow in the aorta is linked to inflammation and breakdown of the vessel wall in conditions where the aorta is dilated. This is shown in a study led by researchers at Linköping ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most serious form of sickle cell disease (SCD). It occurs when a person inherits an irregular hemoglobin gene from each parent. Certain groups of people are more at risk of ...

Immunophenotyping helps doctors diagnose and classify specific blood cell cancers, like leukemia and lymphoma, as well as other diseases. Immunophenotyping is a lab test doctors use to identify and ...

A rare form of leukemia known as TCF3::HLF-positive B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) sits among the most aggressive blood cancers seen in children. The disease causes a rapid buildup of ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found previously undetected cancers in 48.6% of pregnant people who had abnormal results for prenatal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing used to ...

Rytelo (imetelstat) is a medicine used to treat myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). MDS is a rare group of disorders that affect your blood cells. Most people who get MDS are 65 years of age or older, ...

Human bodies make 2 million red blood cells per second. They each live for 120 days and spend that time zooming completely around the body every 20 seconds, carrying oxygen from the lungs to other ...