Researchers have developed a new model to track inflammation-driven blood clots that can cause complications in sickle cell ...

Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a lung disease characterized by granulomas -- tiny clumps of immune cells that form in response to inflammation. It's the most inflammatory of the interstitial lung diseases ...

To increase your platelet count, you can adjust your diet and vitamin regimen to include more vitamin C, folate, iron, and other essential nutrients. This is extremely helpful if you have a low ...

Clumps of tiny, molten pellets, known as "nurdles", are being washed up on its beaches, including in Skegness. From the top of the Giant Wheel on the resort's Pleasure Beach, which is due to ...

A review of the patient’s chart shows that he had a CBC that was normal — including a platelet count of 180,000 — about 5 years ago before a hernia surgery. He received treatment at an ...

A high platelet count indicates too many of the small cells (platelets) that help form blood clots. This can cause dangerous clots and bleeding. Also called thrombocytosis or thrombocythemia, ...

Known as NGC 4536, the galaxy boasts sweeping spiral arms speckled with bright blue clusters of baby stars and vibrant pink clumps of ionized hydrogen gas. It is classified as an intermediate ...

An enraged young woman who threw a bicycle through her aunt’s front window after ripping clumps of her hair out has avoided jail. Cliodhna Wilson (20), who has 17 previous convictions and was in ...

Aspirin, an antiplatelet drug, works by preventing platelets from clumping together (aggregation) by blocking an enzyme called cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1). Platelets are essential for blood clot ...

Selina Da Silva revealed that every time she used to wash her hair, enormous clumps of it would fall out, leaving it thin and straggly. "Having this amount of hair loss is absolutely not normal ...