DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 58-year-old female in reasonably good health. When I was young, I donated blood several times and would have continued to do so, had I not become ineligible due to living in ...

Aplastic anemia is when your bone marrow can’t make enough healthy blood cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. A CBC measures blood cell levels and is used to diagnose ...

When blood products are fully stocked on hospital shelves, patients don’t have to wait for critical care. Giving blood or platelets with the American Red Cross in December can help those in need make ...

Ryan Dolce, a 30-year-old security guard, is on a mission to donate platelets at every American Red Cross donation center in the U.S. Dolce's goal is to donate at all 200 initial centers, then expand ...

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD Key Takeaways Low platelets can occur when your bone marrow doesn't make enough platelets ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon man marked a major milestone Saturday morning, donating his 100th gallon of platelets to the American Red Cross – enough to save over 400 lives. David Schapiro, 62, a ...

Some teenagers dream of getting a driver's license, buying a cheap car and spending late nights out with friends. But when he was young, Ryan Dolce hoped to one day give blood. At the time, the now-30 ...

The system combines advanced imaging with AI software to analyze blood smears, conduct white blood cell counts, and assess ...

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 ...

The potential for a much longer shelf life means the life-saving treatment could be used in rural and remote areas as well as combat zones. Colleen Stieler-Hunt says blood platelets helped save her ...