A low red blood cell (RBC) count increases the risk of anemia. Ways of boosting RBCs include eating foods that contain iron, vitamins B12 and B9, vitamin C, vitamin A, and copper. Increasing exercise ...

A complete blood count (CBC) might suggest hemolytic anemia if your RBC, hemoglobin, and reticulocyte counts are low. But further testing may be required. Anemia occurs when you don’t have enough ...

Lupus may cause you to experience low platelet counts. This could be a direct result of the disease or due to some lupus medications. Severe cases can be life threatening, but most cases are mild and ...

Cold agglutinin disease is a condition that causes low red blood cell (RBC) counts. Symptoms can include fatigue, weakness, or shortness of breath. Cold agglutinin disease is a type of autoimmune ...

Using small-volume rather than standard-volume collection tubes to draw blood for laboratory testing may reduce the incidence of anemia and the need for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion in intensive ...

Every time we take the Complete Blood Count (CBC) test, the first thing we look for in the report is what we know of: haemoglobin. It is a protein in the Red Blood Cells (RBCs) that carries oxygen ...

Researchers have found that red blood cells have an innate ability to trigger a pathway that protects the heart from injury during periods of low oxygen, such as during a heart attack. The effect was ...

Shares of BEA Systems are sliding 6 percent to $4.89 after RBC Capital Markets analyst Sarah Mattson trimmed her fiscal 2003 earnings and revenue estimates for the e-commerce software company, citing ...