With Hexagon Purus, MCV has signed up the next supplier for its hydrogen buses. The company had already ordered fuel cell modules for its buses from Ballard at the beginning of March. The tanks will ...

These are part of a larger battery of tests known as the complete blood count (CBC). The information offered by the RBC indices can provide valuable insights about your current health, possible ...

These tests look specifically at your red blood cells. RDW is included in this panel. The other tests include: Mean corpuscular volume (MCV), which measures the average size of your red blood ...

Mean corpuscular volume, or MCV, measures red blood cell size. A typical adult MCV level is 80 to 100 femtoliters (fl). The above figure comes from a 2024 topic review. A doctor usually requests ...

As long winter training days approach, now is the best time to proactively get blood work evaluated. In fact, you may already be behind on scheduling yours. Our Toolbox editor Dr. Stephen Cheung ...

They found that sedentary behavior during work time was associated with a lower 24-hour diastolic BP. Here’s a simple explainer: diastolic BP is the second or ‘bottom’ number (e.g., the 80 ...

In contrast, spending more time sitting at work was associated with better blood pressure. The study suggests that activity behavior during working hours may be more relevant to 24-hour blood ...

A Finnish study found that prolonged standing at work had a negative impact on the research participants’ 24-hour blood pressure. In contrast, spending more time sitting at work was associated ...

Anemia is a blood condition in which RBCs do not work as they typically should or there are not enough of them. To measure a person’s MCV, healthcare professionals take a blood sample and send ...