Chicago, IL - Key aspects of the current thinking about anemia's impact on prognosis in patients with heart failure and other populations were extended but also questioned by observational studies ...

The US FDA has approved mitapivat, the first oral medicine for treating anemia caused by thalassemia. At present, mitapivat ...

Doctors may carry out blood tests, prenatal screenings, and various other tests to assess a person’s symptoms and diagnose sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder that affects ...

Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DOKey TakeawaysThe MCV test measures the size of your red blood cells.A normal MCV for adults is between 80 and 100 femtoliters.MCV levels can indicate conditions ...

Aplastic anemia is when your bone marrow can’t make enough healthy blood cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. A CBC measures blood cell levels and is used to diagnose ...

In normochromic anemia, which is a type of blood disorder, red blood cells have typical concentrations of hemoglobin and are typical in color. It may result from underlying conditions, and treatment ...

Q-During a routine physical examination, as part of my regular sports training program, I was a bit surprised that my blood test showed a slight anemia. Despite assurances by the doctor that there was ...

Over a median of 4.7 years, the incidence of anemia was 51.2 events per 1,000 person-years in the aspirin group compared with 42.9 events per 1,000 person-years in the placebo group (HR 1.20, 95% CI 1 ...

Risk for proximal cancers low among patients without broad-definition anemia and/or abdominal mass. HealthDay News — In patients without broad-definition anemia and/or abdominal mass, flexible ...

Steffini Stalos, DO, FCAP, is a pathology and lab medicine physician. She is also the chief medical officer of the lab consultancy firm Blood Associates, LLC. Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration ...