Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High hematocrit levels were observed among 8.4% of adults receiving gender-confirming testosterone therapy.

Credit: Thinkstock. 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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have developed a way to use smartphone images of a person's eyelids to assess blood hemoglobin levels. The ability to perform one of the most common clinical lab tests without a blood draw ...

Nova Biomedical has introduced a portable and user-friendly meter system, called StatStrip Lactate and Hemoglobin/Hematocrit Meter system (StatStrip LAC/Hb/Hct). The system measures Hb, Hct, and LAC ...

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 ...

Spectroscopic methods for assessing the levels of blood hemoglobin (Hgb) are well established, but usually require bulky optical equipment inherently unsuited to the deployment of patient-friendly ...