The new study identified 64 relevant studies with information on leukocyte counts, from 26,349 individuals with schizophrenia and 16,379 healthy controls. Findings support the role of innate immune ...

Blood in the urine, or hematuria, can signify cancer in some cases, but not always. Hematuria has many other causes, including urinary tract infections and kidney stones. A person should contact a ...

Blood in your urine is most common in males and can occur due to many causes, including an injury, an underlying condition affecting your kidneys or prostate, a urinary tract infection (UTI), and more ...

The acronym UTI in medical circles stands for “urinary tract infection,” and it applies to a range of infections affecting the kidneys, bladder, ureters and/or urethra. Many people get UTIs when fecal ...

At-home urine test kits are now common in Estonian pharmacies and supermarkets, but doctors warn they're often unreliable and no replacement for a lab test or doctor's visit.

Dear Dr. Roach: Recently, I had anal cancer and was treated with chemo and radiation. The radiation burned my insides, severely damaging most of my internal organs. One of the aftereffects was ...

At the E.R., the patient learned his blood wasn’t clotting. His mother had the same condition — but the trigger turned out to be a surprise. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. “Hey, come here,” the 19-year-old man ...

Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide–Based Graft-Versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis Attenuates Disparity in Outcomes Between Use of Matched or Mismatched Unrelated Donors The study included 17,292 unrelated ...

The length of telomeres in white blood cells, known as leukocytes, varies significantly among sub-Saharan African populations, researchers report. Moreover, leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is ...