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, ...

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.

What is the workup for persistent (months to years) elevation of the WBC count in an asymptomatic patient who demonstrates no other abnormalities in the complete blood count? —Phuong Thi Ngoc, DO, ...

Of 289 patients with bacteremia, 52% had normal WBC count and 17% had neither WBC elevation nor fever. Despite multiple studies showing that a normal white blood cell (WBC) count does not exclude ...