Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD Key Takeaways Hemolytic anemia happens when red blood cells are destroyed ...

A person with anemia of chronic disease has decreased red blood cells despite having “normal” or increased iron stores in their body. It can occur in people with underlying inflammatory conditions, ...

About one quarter of the world's population suffers from anemia, a disease caused by a concentration deficiency of hemoglobin in red blood cells. To reduce the burden of anemia, health officials need ...

Blood tests can reveal a lot about your health, but understanding the results is not always easy. Two tests that are often ...

Anemia may develop from having too few red blood cells or too little hemoglobin, the iron-rich protein that carries oxygen to all of your organs. Anemia is a signal that your body’s capacity to ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have been looking into the reasons why patients return to hospitals within 30 days. Results in 2016 focused on patients discharged with unstable vital ...

It's a phrase constantly repeated by blood banks: donate blood and save up to three lives.

Fingernail beds are ideal for detection of anaemia because they do not contain melaniniStock Biomedical engineers have developed a novel smartphone application that could non-invasively detect anaemia ...

A low red blood cell (RBC) count increases the risk of anemia. Ways of boosting RBCs include eating foods that contain iron, vitamins B12 and B9, vitamin C, vitamin A, and copper. Increasing exercise ...

Giving larger volumes of blood transfusions to children with severe anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa could halve the number of deaths. This is the finding of new research from a clinical trial co-led by ...

To reduce the burden of anemia, health officials need a better picture of the disease's global impact, an understanding made viable by a portable and affordable way to analyze blood. Researchers have ...