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.

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 ...

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 ...

Atlanta, GA - Maintaining a lower hematocrit (HCT) can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular death in patients with polycythemia vera, according to the results of CYTO-PV [1]. Those who had an HCT of ...

Rusfertide effectively maintained hematocrit control below 45% and reduced phlebotomy eligibility in PV patients through 52 weeks. Patients switching from placebo to rusfertide achieved rapid and ...

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 ...

man-injection-0316 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 ...

Use of dried blood or dried matrix spotting for assessment of hematocrit has become a popular laboratory method. However, the procedure may adversely affect the hematocrit values and thus interfere ...

Epoetin for anemia management is one of the most costly components of caring for patients with end-stage renal disease. Using the US Renal Data System Medicare claims database, Thamer et al. examined ...

Jaime Lissavetzky, the Spanish State Secretary for Sports, is "afraid" about the high hematocrit level detected in a junior cycling race in Santander (Cantabria) that was competed this weekend.