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 ...

Chemotherapy drugs work by being so toxic that they kill cancer cells. The tricky parts are getting the right cells to absorb the drugs. A new study in mice suggests that, by dampening one of the ...

Sickle cell tests have become routine in newborn screenings, but older children and adults may need to be tested as well. Read on to see if you or a loved one might benefit from being tested for ...