I had blood phobia my whole life—until a bombed-out patient in the ER forced me to confront it in the most visceral way ...

A phlebotomist is a medical professional who draws your blood and collects samples for laboratory tests, transfusions, research, or blood donations. Phlebotomists are medical professionals who draw ...

Millions of individuals experience debilitating levels of anxiety, with phobias being the most common anxiety disorder. Sub-categories of phobias include: Source: sethink/Pixabay Animals, with spiders ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

The discovery that blood carries short fragments of DNA, known as cell-free DNA (cfDNA), has opened a new window into biological processes and, in combination with advances in sequencing, is ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

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Nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) are immature blood cells that shouldn’t appear in adult blood. The optimal NRBC count is 0, and even very low counts may prompt further testing. If NRBCs are present ...

Coulrophobia is a rare phobia that makes a person afraid of clowns, making it stressful to see, imagine, or interact with them. While many people know that it exists, most link it to small children — ...

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This product goes further than others that only tests iron levels. By measuring ferritin levels, it looks at the amount of overall iron storage and whether a person has normal iron levels. This test ...