ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Medical staff are urging an increase in donations amid a platelet shortage. According to the Community Blood Center, platelets are very fragile, short-lived blood ...

Platelets are small types of blood cells that prevent excessive bleeding. It’s possible to develop low or high platelet counts related to a number of health conditions. Platelets are one of the main ...

Delivering blood from collection sites to labs is a fast-paced, labor-intensive process. Donated blood can deteriorate within a few hours at room temperature, leaving little room to maneuver in case ...

Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough dramatically extending their shelf life for transfusions from one week to two ...

Colleen Stieler-Hunt says blood platelets helped save her life during emergency open-heart surgery. "They were just changing bag after bag of blood," the 51-year-old says of her operation. Blood ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Hoxworth Blood Centers are calling for donors to help replenish their supply of platelets, a crucial component in treating patients with life-threatening conditions such as cancer, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Giving blood can seem like a mundane task, but the process is anything but ordinary. In an exclusive story, our team followed a donation of platelets from a donor's arm to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2010 and remained in stage 2 with no effects until 2022. In the interim, he was also diagnosed with atrial ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Moffitt Cancer Center is seeking the community's support in its fight against cancer by asking for blood platelet donations. Cancer patients, those with blood disorders and people ...

In this week's Change Makers, four friends meet up every other month to donate platelets in Boston, a tradition they've been keeping to for more than 10 years. For most of Matt Dillis' life, the ...