DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 58-year-old male. Several months ago, I lost 17 pounds, and even though I have gained back about 2 pounds in the past month, I cannot gain the weight back, even by increasing my ...

The analysis of 11,427 Veterans Administration (VA) hospital patients with multiple myeloma (MM) reveals that lymphopenia affects 53% of patients at diagnosis. The median overall survival was 2.7 ...

Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell produced in bone marrow that play a crucial role in your immune system. There are several types—called T cells, B cells, and natural killer (NK) cells—that ...

Lymphocyte-depleted Hodgkin’s lymphoma (LDHL) is a rare subtype of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer that develops in the lymphatic system. Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon cancer of the lymphatic ...

A total of 920 adults with OSA (879 with normal thyroid and 41 with hypothyroidism) underwent nocturnal sleep monitoring, thyroid function testing, and routine blood work. Logistic regression analysis ...

Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) can use C-reactive protein (CRP), lymphocyte to CRP ratio, and CRP to albumin ratio as markers for CRC prognosis. Prognostic values for colorectal cancer (CRC) ...

Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) is a condition in which a person has an excessive amount of abnormal B cells, which are a type of white blood cell known as lymphocytes. The number of abnormal B ...