Your body runs on blood like a car runs on fuel – without enough of it, everything starts breaking down. When blood levels drop too low, your organs begin struggling to get the oxygen and nutrients ...

For years, Mary considered herself pretty active. She used to play raquetball, swim, and participated in whitewater rafting down North California's rivers. Even when she wasn’t outdoors, she was busy ...

A red blood cell (RBC) count measures the number of red blood cells in a sample of blood. It is part of a battery of tests called a complete blood count (CBC) that measures the different types and ...

A low platelet count is a condition in which the blood has fewer platelets than normal. Medically known as thrombocytopenia, ...

We wanted to find out if keeping a higher blood count or haemoglobin level by blood transfusion leads to better health and development for very small preterm infants by the time they reach two years ...

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Platelets are small types of blood cells that prevent excessive bleeding. It’s possible to develop low or high platelet counts related to a number of health conditions. Platelets are one of the main ...

Doctors monitor lymphocyte and other blood cell levels to predict how your lymphoma will progress. Low lymphocyte counts may suggest that cancer has spread to your bone marrow, or it can be a side ...