SAN DIEGO -- A novel therapy for polycythemia vera (PCV) maintained stable hematocrit levels for as long as 2.5 years and significantly reduced use of phlebotomy, a small randomized trial showed. The ...

Takeda and Protagonist Therapeutics have submitted a new drug application to the FDA for rusfertide for adults with polycythemia vera.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Induction therapy with twice-weekly rusfertide helped patients with polycythemia vera achieve target hematocrit ...

Red Blood Cells (RBCs), also called erythrocytes, are one of the most important components of blood. They contain a protein called haemoglobin that helps carry oxygen from the lungs to other parts of ...

First off, let’s define hematocrit and the blood test that Jeanson failed. Blood can be broadly categorized as comprising liquid (mainly plasma) and solids (red blood cells that carry oxygen and white ...

man-injection-0316 The risk of hematocrit elevation may depend on testosterone therapy's route of administration, according to investigators. A rise in hematocrit levels occurs with 4 months of ...

Mar. 23 -- TUESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Older men who have too few or too many red blood cells have a higher risk of dying after surgery than those who have the right amount, suggests new ...

Anemia may have adverse effects in patients with coronary artery disease. However, the benefit of blood transfusion in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction and various degrees of anemia ...

IN a previous communication 1 mention was made of a device for rapidly and accurately reading the relative length of the packed red-cell column in the ungraduated capillary tubes used in the Guest and ...

Testosterone therapy in the absence of polycythemia was not associated with an increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events or venous thromboembolism. Men on testosterone therapy who ...

Clinicians often encounter patients with hypogonadism in association with declining endogenous testosterone production that occurs as men age. This is sometimes referred to as andropause. Signs and ...