Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD A mean platelet volume (MPV) test measures the average size of platelets in your blood. Platelets are blood cells that your bone marrow makes. Healthy platelets ...

The American Red Cross is looking for blood and platelet donors to avoid a dip in supply this summer. “In addition to summer fun and holidays, severe summer weather can have a sudden impact on the ...

Lastly, platelets are enriched in proteins and phosphoproteins which can be secreted independent of stimulation by surface receptor agonists in conditions of disturbed blood flow. This so-called ...

Emiri Nakamura and Professor Koji Eto (Department of Clinical Application) has identified microtubule (MT) destabilization as ...

Dr. Soma Mandal, a board-certified internist at Summit Health in New Providence, New Jersey, says that getting a CBC test is ...

Essential laboratory parameters like initial albumin levels, White Blood Cell (WBC) count, glucose levels, potassium, platelet count, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, hematocrit and sodium were also ...

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SUMMARY Obesity, diabetes and hypertension are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) because they promote a state of hypercoagulability. It is known that platelets play an important role in ...