In 2024, WHO updated haemoglobin thresholds and revised the adjustments for altitude and smoking.1 The earlier elevation adjustments were established in 1989 and were based on a demographically ...

The mother of a baby boy diagnosed with a rare blood condition a week before his first birthday is urging people to join the ...

Iron deficiency remains a significant health concern in India, often going unnoticed despite its detrimental effects on ...

Isn't it fascinating to know that a routine blood test can sometimes indicate the presence of cancer? Although a definitive cancer diagnosis usually requires specialised tests, such as imaging studies ...

Read why anaemia in India continues to rise, with NFHS-5 data showing increased prevalence among children, women and men. The ...

According to Bhosale, Vitamin D plays a crucial role in maintaining proper levels of iron in the body, which is essential for making haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.

Iron-deficiency anaemia has long been recognised as a feature of colorectal cancer (Goodman and Irvin, 1993). It is present in 11–57% of cancers (Curless et al, 1994; Majumdar et al, 1999; Roncoroni ...

HbA1c is the most widely used marker for diagnosing and monitoring diabetes. It reflects average blood glucose over the previous three months by measuring the percentage of haemoglobin that has been ...

Anaemia is the most common blood related health problem in the world. In Kenya, about 30 percent of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) and 40 percent of children under the age of five years are ...

It is the year 2026 and the goal to achieve a 50% reduction in anaemia by 2030 seems like a far-fetched dream. Anaemia has always been a major public health con ...