Stanford Medicine pediatric hematologist Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, Ph.D., has devoted her research career to improving ...

Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels, quitting smoking, managing diabetes: these evidence-backed approaches remain key ways to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (SN: 11/9/15). But an ...

Severe aplastic anemia is a rare bone marrow disease which is characterized by insufficient red blood cell production. This life-threatening disease typically occurs with two peaks around 25 and 60 ...

Bone marrow fills the cavities in your bones and produces blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight germs, and platelets help blood clot. Bone marrow disorders include ...

A bone marrow biopsy is a medical procedure used to collect a small sample of bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones where blood cells are made. This test helps a physician ...

Stage 1 mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma is often highly treatable, and many patients achieve long-term remission after frontline therapy. Advances in chemotherapy, radiation techniques and targeted ...

For Hai Trinh, his disease started gradually. Fatigue. Bruising easily. He thought little of it.As a mechanic, husband and ...

As a hematologist-oncologist in Miami, Mikkael Sekeres always hopes his patients will find a perfect match for the bone marrow transplant they need to save their lives — but he doesn’t expect it. Most ...