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 ...

During the National Blood Donor Month of January, the AFRO is taking a moment to acknowledge the importance of blood donation and concerns regarding the service in the Black community. Donating blood ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Tuesday is Apheresis Awareness Day, a day all about highlighting a certain kind of blood donation process that allows donors to give special blood components like plasma, platelets ...

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, ...

Every Wednesday at 7 a.m., like clockwork, Mike Adams makes a trip to The Blood Center in Metairie, where he spends about an hour and a half of his day donating lifesaving blood products. He's been ...

Blood donation is a voluntary procedure that can help save the lives of others. There are several types of blood donation, which help meet different medical needs. Whole blood donation This is the ...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center honored its apheresis donors at a luncheon and program on March 30. The primary difference between a whole blood and apheresis, or platelet donation, is ...

Giving blood saves lives and—surprise!—one of those lives could be your own. There are a number of reasons for this, but here’s a biggie: Your body quickly begins replacing blood you donate with new ...

The Armed Services Apheresis/Blood Donor Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) celebrated a newly renovated space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 26. The upgrade was ...