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 . ATLANTA — The standard approach of maintaining hematocrit levels less than 45% in patients with polycythemia ...

ATLANTA -- Maintaining patients with polycythemia vera at hematocrit levels below 45% reduced thrombotic complications without increasing rates of other serious adverse events compared with a higher ...

Providence, RI - In a new study, even mild degrees of preoperative anemia or polycythemia (high red blood cell count) were associated with an increased risk of 30-day postoperative mortality and ...

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 ...

THE measurement of the packed red-cell volume (or hematocrit) of the venous blood has long been recognized as a useful aid in the study of blood in a large number of clinical conditions. The technic ...

The use of testosterone as gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) among transgender men is associated with a lower risk for erythrocytosis (abnormal blood cell elevation) than was previously reported ...

The decision as to when to give blood transfusions is complex, requiring a careful assessment of risks and benefits. The TRACS trial compared the effects of giving blood transfusions perioperatively ...

Silence Therapeutics advanced its RNAi drug for polycythemia vera, shared new Phase 2 trial updates, and reaffirmed a strong ...

EKF Diagnostics announces the launch of the new version of its Lactate Scout+ analyzer. Initially developed to provide coaches and athletes with a precise and easy-to-use mobile lactate test, Lactate ...