Platelets are tiny cell fragments in your blood that help form clots and stop bleeding. Nearly 50% of donated platelets go to cancer patients. With a shelf life of only five days, hospitals rely on a ...

Someone in the United States needs platelets every 15 seconds, according to the American Red Cross, and you have those in your body right now. If you’re looking for an easy way to help another person, ...

Ed Harry makes milestone 400th platelet donation to the American Red Cross. Ed Harry of Plymouth donates for the 400th time at the Red Cross Donation Center in Hanover Township. Technician Natalie ...

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Napa resident Nancy Burlingame remembers the day her father’s life hung in the balance after he suffered an aneurysm. Hospital staff were searching desperately for blood for a transfusion during his ...

EUGENE, Ore. — For those who want to donate blood, but are squeamish about the needle, dedicated and decadeslong donor Dan Ertel has one piece of simple advice. “Look that way,” he said with a laugh, ...

For those who want to donate blood, but are squeamish about the needle, dedicated and decades-long donor Dan Ertel has one piece of simple advice. “Look that way,” he said with a laugh, looking away ...

I like to dedicate a couple of columns each year to blood donation because Lee Health and our community are the grateful beneficiaries of the generosity of blood donors who help keep an adequate blood ...

For those who want to donate blood, but are squeamish about the needle, dedicated and decades-long donor Dan Ertel has one piece of simple advice. ”Look that way,” he said with a laugh, looking away ...

RhD antigen is a potent immunogen. Anti-D antibodies, in fact, develop in more than 80% of Rh-negative volunteers given RhD-positive packed RBCs. ABO group antigens are present on platelets, but RhD ...