Weight loss in teenagers always needs attention. In addition to continued height and weight growth, their internal organs are still growing and their bones and brains are still developing.

For the average person, living at high altitude—where oxygen is sparser than at sea level—can have health benefits ranging ...

Anemia is the medical term for a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells circulating in the bloodstream. Red blood cells ...

Maintaining adequate iron levels during this period is helpful for both the mother and her infant. Iron is vital for producing hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood, and for ...

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have developed a drug that mimics the effects of breathing low oxygen. In mice with Leigh ...

Dr Ravinder K Gupta, Dr Akhilpreet Kaur Anemia is a serious global public health problem that particularly affects young ...

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital partners with Eye See Me African Bookstore to provide books promoting ...

Hyderabad: The prevalence of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), a genetic condition that affects hemoglobin that carries oxygen in the body, among the tribal population in Telangana and other Indian States, ...

SCD is a hereditary red blood cell disorder that affects the way red blood cells move and carry oxygen throughout the body. Healthy red blood cells have normal hemoglobin which is a protein in red ...