Aplastic anemia is when your bone marrow can’t make enough healthy blood cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. A CBC measures blood cell levels and is used to diagnose ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a complete blood cell count (CBC) test that can be run in more healthcare settings, including physicians' offices, clinics, or other types of ...

Different blood tests, including a complete blood count (CBC), iron test, or B12 test, can help diagnose anemia, which can have different causes. Anemia occurs when there are not enough healthy red ...

What Is a RDW Blood Test? An RDW blood test – also known as a red blood cell distribution width blood test – is a measure of the difference in your red blood cells’ size and volume. RDW is one part of ...

Steffini Stalos, DO, FCAP, is a pathology and lab medicine physician. She is also the chief medical officer of the lab consultancy firm Blood Associates, LLC. Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration ...