Discover how cold-stored platelets at Sentara Norfolk General could revolutionize emergency trauma care. Will this innovation ...

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) – The sole provider of blood to more than 45 Bay Area hospitals is asking for 1,000 more people to donate each week for the foreseeable future to stem a blood shortage, officials ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — Blood and platelet donations are reaching a critically low point for the Rock River Valley Blood Center, who supplies them to 14 hospitals in our area. Due to a recent dip in ...

Cryopreserved platelets cost more and are linked to worse bleeding and clinical outcomes than liquid-stored platelets in a ...

Thrombocytopenia isn’t a type of cancer, but it is a complication of certain cancers and a side effect of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Thrombocytopenia is the medical ...

A high platelet count, or thrombocytosis, is diagnosed when platelet levels are greater than 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood. A high platelet count can lead to symptoms that range from ...

(WLUK) -- A critical need for blood and platelets has the Community Blood Center urging donations. Officials say they are seeing an especially urgent shortage of Type O blood, but eligible donors of ...

One of the side effects of aspirin is reduced platelet function. Aspirin can potentially make issues with blood clotting worse. Thrombocytopenia is the medical term for low platelet count. Platelets ...