Ryan Dolce is crisscrossing the country on a quest to donate platelets at every Red Cross site in America. So far, he's hit ...

As adults, one thing that you should never joke about is your health. This is particularly important because many serious conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and even cancer don’t show obvious ...

The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 ...

Dolce is now on a mission to donate platelets to every American Red Cross donation center in the nation. On June 23, Dolce ...

OUR resident specialist and NHS GP, Dr Zoe Williams, shares her expert advice. Today, Dr Zoe helps a reader who is worried ...

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 ...

Blood cancer, which originates from irregular blood cell generation within the bone marrow, represents a serious health ...

I’VE recently had several emails from readers concerned about rabies following confirmation last month that a British woman ...

Dan, who is being treated at Nottingham City Hospital, has launched an urgent appeal to find a stem cell donor ...

After looking these up online, Mr Chapman visited his GP, who performed a rapid blood test, confirming his platelet count was ...

Introduction Despite multiple studies showing that a normal white blood cell (WBC) count does not exclude serious disease, physicians in all specialties continue to behave as if it did. To assess ...