Lead exposure is particularly concerning among children under 6 years old, since their growing bodies absorb the metal faster ...

Useful in establishing the differential diagnosis of anemia, calculated by automated blood profiling machine from RBC count, hematocrit and hemoglobin Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Expresses ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The Chicago Housing Authority has been ordered to pay more than $24 million in damages to the family of two children who allegedly suffered poisoning from lead paint in their ...

A blood test is the only way to know whether a child has been exposed. Reinwald said the first step in addressing lead poisoning is by removing any lead hazards "such as scraping, encapsulating or ...

well-water or even playgrounds – means that kids in many neighborhoods remain at a disproportionately high risk of poisoning. Reuters conducted a nationwide analysis of childhood blood lead ...

“Bald eagles are the ones most likely to register as high on this because it does not take a very large fragment of lead shot to spike their blood ... for lead poisoning — a red-shouldered ...

People with anemia might be at an increased risk of high blood pressure and vice versa. Anemia is when you don’t have enough properly functioning red blood cells ... seems to lead to other ...