Most people don’t spare a thought for their blood type unless they’re in need of a transfusion — but could yours hold secrets to your health? There are four main blood types: A, B, AB and O.

A nationwide blood shortage is impacting Tulsa patients like Shagah Zakerion, a cancer patient who relies on regular transfusions and is now urging more people to donate.

Looking at specific substances in the blood of people with atrial fibrillation, a type of irregular heartbeat, could help identify who's at risk for a stroke despite taking blood-thinning medication ...

Data reveals that 80% of blood donors nationwide had elevated A1C levels ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-Up Of Donated Blood In Bag Your blood type affects everything, from a predisposition to certain diseases to your heart ...

Across large population studies, people who live into their nineties and beyond keep showing up with the same quiet signature in their blood: a cluster of metabolic and organ-function markers that sit ...

Human blood already comes in a bewildering variety of types, but researchers have now identified a new one so rare that only three people on the planet are known to carry it. The finding exposes just ...

Nayak is the chief business officer of San Diego Blood Bank. He lives in Scripps Ranch. When most people think about blood transfusion patients, their mind automatically goes to someone who has just ...