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 results, published in the March 14, 2005 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, show that a WBC count greater than 6.7x10 9 cells/L may identify individuals at high risk of cardiovascular ...

An absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is a laboratory test that measures the amount of a specific white blood cell—called a neutrophil—in a sample of blood. In a healthy adult, 2,500 to 7,000 is ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Postmenopausal women with elevated white blood cell (WBC) counts appear to be at increased risk of developing certain types of cancer, including breast, colorectal, ...

In a recent study posted to Research Square* preprint server, and currently under consideration at the Journal of Inflammation, researchers conducted an observational study to evaluate the association ...

The study's findings suggest that high baseline white blood cell count, particularly high neutrophil count, was associated with a higher incidence of long-term acute exacerbation of chronic ...