Our health care system focuses on treating sick patients. Makes sense, of course, and thank goodness when we are sick, doctors come to the rescue. No doubt, our health care system is elite, by far the ...

We collected a unique pair of microRNA sequencing data sets for the same set of tumor samples; one data set was collected with and the other without uniform handling and balanced design. The former ...

The Iowa Board of Regents this month voted to become test optional, permanently. That means Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa will no longer require the ...

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 ...

Having your blood drawn might not be much fun, but regular diagnostic tests of your blood can detect diseases early for treatment and give your doctor and medical providers critical information about ...

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 ...

Giving patients prior information about diagnostic tests can help improve patient outcomes and give reassurance, says a new BMJ study. Providing reassurance is a large part of doctors' and other ...

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health, Colorado State University Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health. To carry out these ...

The U.S. health care system primarily focuses on treating illnesses rather than preventing them. Many chronic diseases, like heart disease, develop without obvious symptoms until they are advanced. A ...