Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs around the body. They then carry carbon dioxide from around the body back to the lungs. These cells are an important component of blood. However, a range of ...

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

The term “rare blood disorders” describes less common conditions that affect blood cells’ ability to function correctly. Myeloproliferative disorders and lymphoproliferative disorders are two types of ...

Memantine, a long-approved and cost-effective drug used to treat Alzheimer's disease, could also benefit patients with sickle ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sickle cell thalassemia occurs when you inherit both a sickle cell gene mutation and a thalassemia gene mutation. Symptoms are similar to other types of sickle cell disease but can vary depending on ...

The singer-songwriter Halsey is suffering from lupus and a rare blood-cell disorder that may be a complication of the disease. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP file) Halsey announced in a June 5 Instagram ...