The institutional review board of Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis, approved this study. We included in the study all adult patients (those at least 18 years old) admitted to ...

What Is a RDW Blood Test? An RDW blood test – also known as a red blood cell distribution width blood test – is a measure of the difference in your red blood cells’ size and volume. RDW is one part of ...

What Is an MCHC Blood Test? A mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) blood test measures the amount of a protein called hemoglobin in your red blood cells. It’s one of many measurements ...

Complete blood cell count (CBC) parameters are not sensitive enough to accurately identify invasive bacterial infection (IBI) in febrile infants aged 60 days or younger, a new study shows. Experts ...

Two new advanced predictive algorithms use information about a person's health conditions and simple blood tests to accurately predict a patient's chances of having a currently undiagnosed cancer, ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers examined the stability and clinical utility of complete blood count (CBC) setpoints in advancing personalized risk assessment and ...

A person has leukopenia if they have a reduced number of total white blood cells in their blood. According to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a healthy white blood cell count is 5,000–10,000 white ...

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