I reassured him and sent him to get another blood specimen drawn without a tourniquet. Why? Because I suspected that the ...

Blood thinners are essential medications for managing and preventing serious health conditions, but many people know little about how they work or their impact. Whether you’ve been prescribed them or ...

Companies claim that some screenings can identify dozens of cancers from a simple blood test. Here's what they can and can't tell you. By Kevin Loria Screenings for breast cancer and colon cancer can ...

We all know blood is red. But not all red blood is created equal. The exact shade of your blood can actually tell you a lot about what’s happening inside your body. And while you might not spend much ...

Acute anemia can develop due to a rapid drop in red blood cells (RBCs) after losing blood. The more blood a person loses, the more severe the anemia becomes. It usually occurs due to hemorrhage or ...

Prevention is key, and adopting a regimen of no smoking, minimal alcohol, a healthy, reduced-salt diet, low stress levels and ...

After an allogeneic stem cell transplant, a recipient’s body faces a daunting task: rebuilding the person’s blood-forming and immune systems from the ground up from a relatively small number of “seed” ...

Thirty-seven million Americans have Type 2 diabetes, and another 97 million are at risk. High blood sugar is an early warning sign to watch for. Thankfully, small and sustainable lifestyle changes can ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. People with diabetes need to monitor their blood sugar ...

Hooked on those "what will this do to my blood sugar?" videos on social media? They can be addictive to watch, but they don't ...

National Blood Donor Day is Sept. 4. If you ever wanted to do something to help people, but didn’t have money to donate or time to volunteer, giving blood is another way to give back that can ...