Your doctor will usually check your red blood cell count together with your other blood cell counts to look for conditions that cause low counts (anemia) or high counts. Many health conditions can ...

The way we shop, do our banking, watch TV and listen to music is unrecognisable from 30 years ago – yet as a doctor, the way I do tests, treat patients and predict their outcomes is stuck in the 1990s ...

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 ...

The results of a blood count can help diagnose or manage leukemia. They can also show how well your current treatment is working. Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that begins in the bone marrow, ...

Because the risk of many conditions increases with age, doctors generally recommend more frequent lab testing as you get ...