Iron deficiency anemia occurs when there are insufficient red blood cells due to a lack of iron. In some cases, iron deficiency anemia can be genetic, as people can pass genetic variations onto their ...

Onyejiaka is a writer, a medical student at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. During my third-year neurology rotation, I had ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Why Trust Us? But the symptoms don’t stop there. When your body is low on iron, it can do a lot of weird things ...

TWO 24-year-old women of similar height and weight were hospitalized on the same day; each was subsequently shown to have had, at the time of admission, a total red-cell mass that was 70 per cent of ...

Blue nails may indicate that the blood is not carrying enough oxygen to the fingertips. There are many possible causes, including heart and lung diseases. Anyone with blue nails should seek medical ...

How Does Polycythemia Vera Advance? Polycythemia vera affects your bone marrow, the spongy tissue in the center of your bones that makes blood cells. The disease causes your bone marrow to make too ...

Bringing together prominent investigators in stem cells, bioengineering and regenerative medicine, the Maryland Stem Cell Symposium and Workshop is organized by a joint committee of Johns Hopkins and ...