Haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) occurs when there is transplacental passage of maternal immunoglobulin G ...

Vitamin B12 is a vital nutrient responsible for red blood cell formation, nerve health, and the creation of DNA. Even though ...

A donation of blood is a gift of one’s self to another human being they will likely never meet. On April 5, St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church will join forces with Moms Demand Action, an advocacy ...

Scientists have discovered more than a dozen genes that regulate the production of fetal hemoglobin in people of African ...

When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread out to stop the blood from leaking out. Once enough layers of platelets ...

SUPPLEMENTS can help to keep us healthy. Vitamin A helps fight off infections, calcium is vital for bones and teeth, and fish oil supports the heart, lungs and blood vessels, for example. But ...

Sickle cell disease commonly affects people of African and Caribbean backgrounds and can be life-threatening but campaigners ...

Fish oil supplements, delivering higher EPA doses, significantly reduced the number and procoagulant activity of ...

Medical history has recently been made in a New York City hospital. This month, 21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile became the ...

Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine and eight other institutions in the United States, Africa and Europe say they have ...

Scientists have found a potential new gene variant target to treat sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that ...

Sebastien Beauzile, 21, is the first New Yorker to have received the breakthrough Lyfgenia treatment, according to the New ...