Salt Lake City, UT - Further evidence that routine measurements of white-blood-cell (WBC) counts may offer a simple and inexpensive way to predict future cardiovascular-event risk has been reported.

The synovial fluid white blood cell count was the best single test for the diagnosis of deep periprosthetic joint infection in patients with failed unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, according this ...

White blood cell levels are a good predictor of strokes, heart attacks, and fatal heart disease in older women, according to a nationwide study. White cell counts can be easily measured by inexpensive ...

Eosinophils are a kind of white blood cell that helps fight disease. The exact role of eosinophils in your body isn't clear, but they're usually linked with allergic diseases and certain infections.

NEW ORLEANS — An acute postoperative infection following total knee replacement is a difficult diagnosis for the orthopedic surgeon to make. A recent multicenter, multisurgeon study, however, provides ...

Your doctor will usually check your red blood cell count together with your other blood cell counts to look for conditions that cause low counts (anemia) or high counts. Many health conditions can ...