Chicago, IL - Key aspects of the current thinking about anemia's impact on prognosis in patients with heart failure and other populations were extended but also questioned by observational studies ...

Anemia is a condition in which the amount of hemoglobin in the blood, or the number of red blood cells, is reduced to below-normal levels. Hemoglobin is an iron-containing protein found in red blood ...

Acute anemia can develop due to a rapid drop in red blood cells (RBCs) after losing blood. The more blood a person loses, the more severe the anemia becomes. It usually occurs due to hemorrhage or ...

Risk for proximal cancers low among patients without broad-definition anemia and/or abdominal mass. HealthDay News — In patients without broad-definition anemia and/or abdominal mass, flexible ...

The life of a red blood cell is brief but fast paced. Each heartbeat pumps millions of the tiny cells into the body’s vascular system at speeds of more than a meter per second. In about a minute, they ...