RBC indices such as mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, and red cell distribution width are laboratory parameters that are frequently overlooked in clinical practice.

Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is used to measure the average size of red blood cells (also known as erythrocytes). The term "corpuscle" describes a living cell, such as a red blood cell. For adults, ...

Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell Acanthocytosis, condition in which the majority of erythrocytes are acanthocytes. Anemia ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) is a measure of the average amount of hemoglobin in ...

The mean platelet volume (MPV) test measures platelet size. Learn about what to expect, as well as what high MPV and low MPV means.

IPO Report Space IPOs are trickling back. What that could mean for Elon Musk’s Starlink. IPO chatter is again swirling around SpaceX’ and its satellite-internet constellation, Starlink ...

IT budgets were under pressure before these developments, with Gartner projecting worldwide IT spending to grow by 9.3% in 2025. Coupled with global trade tensions increasing the price of ...

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have been busily engaged in a flame war. Each is on his own social network, and it’s only escalating.

Volume 643 No. 8070 3 July 2025 The odd flower The cover captures a close-up of a flower on the dog rose Rosa canina.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the FDA "to review the latest data on mifepristone ," but experts say concerns about the abortion pill's safety are misguided.