This story is part of Blood, Sweat, and Tears, a special Medscape package exploring the future of diagnostics and health monitoring via body fluids. Read about Sweat and Tears and find out how ...

Thick blood can cause dangerous blood clots, leading to a heart attack or stroke. If you have symptoms like chest pain or shortness of breath, seek medical help right away. Thick blood, called ...

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 ...

A new class of drugs is poised to take on an insidious cause of heart attacks and strokes that has eluded treatment for decades.

An extensive analysis of NIH trial data reveals that a little-known cholesterol-related particle may play a significant role in cardiovascular risk, even beyond traditional measures. Credit: ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Unity Confirm tests for high-risk pregnancies by capturing intact circulating fetal cells. Unlike invasive tests ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accentuated the theme of Hindu-Muslim unity at a rally in support of TMC candidate Firhad Hakim. She recounted an emotional narrative of how Hakim, alias ...

If you have deep vein thrombosis (DVT), your doctor may want you to take blood thinners. These do a good job of keeping your blood moving smoothly through your veins and arteries. But they can also ...

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A medical attendant adjusting the blood bag for a volunteer bloood sonar during a blood donation drive [Juliet Omelo,standard ] An ongoing blood donation campaign has cast a fresh spotlight on the ...

Physicists just discovered a brand-new particle that appears to be an exotic cousin to the protons and neutrons that make up atoms. Those mundane subatomic particles are made up of even smaller ...

Leukemia starts in the bone marrow and can crowd out healthy cells, replacing them with abnormal leukemic cells. This often lowers red blood cell and platelet counts, causing fatigue and easy bleeding ...