An Hgb blood test measures a person’s hemoglobin levels. This protein helps red blood cells carry oxygen and keep cells and organs functioning. Low hemoglobin is known as anemia. Hemoglobin is also ...

Researchers have developed a way to use smartphone images of a person's eyelids to assess blood hemoglobin levels. The ability to perform one of the most common clinical lab tests without a blood draw ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A doctor can quickly get an idea of whether someone is anemic by pulling down the person’s eyelid and judging its redness, a color indicating the number of red blood cells. But ...

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 ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can cause anemia when damaged kidneys make too little erythropoietin (EPO). Hemodialysis may also contribute through blood loss. Anemia symptoms can include fatigue, ...

Scientists have discovered a new rare type of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin transports oxygen in the red blood corpuscles. When bound to oxygen it changes color. The new hemoglobin type appears optically to ...

The shape of sickle cell blood cells resembles a curved blade knife called a sickle. These cells are stiff and inflexible, so they cannot move through small blood vessels as easily as healthy red ...

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A Dickson County girl received her 194th transfusion since birth due to genetic disorder.