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Complete blood count parameters may predict mortality in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, according to a retrospective cohort study.

Efforts to prevent hepatocellular carcinoma unrelated to hepatitis or cirrhosis should be focused on individuals with an intermediate degree of liver fibrosis, suggests a large-scale data analysis.

The Fibrosis-4 index is most often used in specialty clinics but showed promise in primary care.

To celebrate their 25th anniversary, leading diagnostic center Hi-Precision recently rolled out their latest campaign called ‘“Blotto.” Patients who have their blood tested starting November 8, 2021 to January 31, 2022 have the chance to win P250,000.00! Who would have thought that a blood test would become a lotto ticket?        …

Platelet-rich plasma injections for mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis (OA) show no improvements in pain, function, or cartilage structure, compared with placebo.

A clinical update from the American Gastroenterological Association focuses on bleeding and thrombosis-related questions in patients with cirrhosis.

Thrombocytosis that shows up in a routine blood test increases the risk for an imminent diagnosis of several typically silent cancers, such as pancreatic, ovarian, and cervical cancers.

Patients with very low platelet counts and intracranial hemorrhage have dramatically increased mortality of 73% after devastating but very rare side effect following Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

email article Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) helped resolve the effects of vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) in three patients following receipt of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, a case series in Canada found. Following administration of high-dose IVIG, all three patients with VITT experienced reduced antibody-induced platelet activation, reported Ishac Nazy, PhD, of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and colleagues. All patients had arterial thrombotic even...

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