With a threat of rain in Southern California next week, Santa Anita Park has delayed the close of entries for its opening-day card on Dec. 26 until Sunday, Dec. 21, according to a text distributed ...

Robotic hospital assistants that can autonomously collect blood from patients and transport samples from the ward to the testing lab, are being put through their paces at Fujita Health University ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

Medical treatments that may help treat a blood clot in the leg, or deep vein thrombosis (DVT), include anticoagulants, compression socks or stockings, and surgery. A blood clot is a semisolid clump of ...

You may need an MPV test if you show symptoms that suggest an issue with your platelet size or number. An MPV test involves drawing a blood sample from a vein and typically takes less than five ...