"It feels like glass running through your veins." Faith Adjei-Sarpong lives with sickle cell disease and, like many others ...

A recent study delves into the science, but doctors say there’s more to it.

A recent mouse study suggests that low-oxygen conditions, such as being at high altitudes, could cause red blood cells to ...

Scientists have discovered that red blood cells act as hidden glucose sponges in low-oxygen conditions, explaining why people ...

Running extreme distances may strain more than just muscles and joints. New research suggests ultramarathons can alter red blood cells in ways that make them less flexible and more prone to breakdown, ...

Running is good for your health, but pushing it too far can take a hidden toll. New research shows that ultramarathons may ...

Researchers from UC San Francisco have discovered blood stem cells in the lungs, disrupting a decades-old belief that new blood cells were only made in the bone marrow. Conventionally it was thought ...

Your blood cells work tirelessly to keep you alive, carrying oxygen throughout your body and fighting off infections. But hidden in your daily meals are foods that can silently compromise these vital ...

There are many ways that the human body responds to stress, from the adrenaline rush of the "fight-or-flight" instinct to more subtle, complex changes that may not be immediately recognizable to us.

Sickle cell disease is often thought of solely as a blood disorder, but new research from the Wood Neuro Research Group ...

A new study describes a technique that rejuvenates aging blood-forming stem cells and could help reduce the risk of age-related blood disorders.