Among patients with ACS who are managed invasively, a drop in hemoglobin (Hb) during the initial hospitalization—even without a clinically obvious bleed—is associated with worse outcomes in the first ...

What Is an MCHC Blood Test? A mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) blood test measures the amount of a protein called hemoglobin in your red blood cells. It’s one of many measurements ...

THE red-cell sickling tendency of certain persons has long been a matter of great interest. Study of this problem by Pauling and his associates 1 led to the suggestion of a genetic change in ...

Sickle cell beta-thalassemia refers to an inherited condition that impacts hemoglobin. People with the condition have different changes in each copy of their hemoglobin gene. One causes red blood ...

Did you know the same protein that gives blood its red color and carries oxygen throughout the body is also present inside brain cells? Hemoglobin, long celebrated for ferrying oxygen in red blood ...

An Hgb blood test measures a person’s hemoglobin levels. This protein helps red blood cells carry oxygen and keep cells and organs functioning. Low hemoglobin is known as anemia. Hemoglobin is also ...