Often when we feel shortness of breath after light physical activity, we dismiss it as fatigue or tiredness. But it can ...

As is the case for institutions treating the disease, a majority of the sickle cell patients at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital are African American. The hospital recognized the need ...

Iron deficiency can cause several symptoms, including fatigue, headaches, and brittle nails. Spotting these signs early on ...

All three were hooked up to machines that provided a readout of their vital signs, and all three were prepared to have a syringe of manufactured blood injected into their veins. There were, of course, ...

When you breathe, oxygen moves into your lungs and binds to hemoglobin, a protein in your red blood cells. In your bloodstream, hemoglobin carries oxygen from your lungs to your body's cells ...

Feeling tired all the time can be really frustrating, but there are actually a few key reasons why you might be feeling that ...

IDA occurs when the body lacks sufficient iron to produce hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. This condition can significantly affect various health parameters ...

In 2019, the first CRISPR clinical trials were conducted to treat sickle cell diseases and in 2020, this treatment was ...

Lots of us wonder why we sometimes feel tired for no apparent reason. Doctor Shireen, an NHS GP known for sharing health advice, recently explained why you may feel sleepy ...

We also found that marsupial moles have two copies of a gene encoding hemoglobin—the molecule that carries oxygen in red blood cells. This is important because sand has low oxygen levels and ...

Immvention Therapeutix is partnering with Novo Nordisk to develop oral treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other ...

A secondary benefit are the free blood-pressure and hemoglobin tests, which cost a pretty penny ... where it is separated into component parts of the red blood cells that carry oxygen, the liquid ...