The Red Cross’s fall appeal highlights a fragile part of American health care: a lifesaving blood component that must be ...

Dr. Keith Roach addresses a reader's concern about whether an enlarged spleen is the cause of low platelet counts.

When donated blood is in low supply, platelets are even scarcer. These cell fragments, which are essential for blood clotting, have a short shelf life. Whereas whole blood can be refrigerated for up ...

Introduction"Blood cannot be made in a factory"—this has long been said. Platelets used for transfusions still rely on blood ...

Platelets have a short shelf life and are critical for cancer patients and trauma victims. Houchin says more donors are ...

Thrombocytopenia is when you don't have enough platelets, cells in your blood that stick together to help it clot. Sometimes, the condition doesn’t cause any problems at all. But if you have symptoms ...

Have you ever been told that your "platelet count is high" during a blood test at a health checkup or medical screening? Platelets are blood cells that gather to stop bleeding when a blood vessel is ...

Platelets are uniquely mammalian cells, and are the small cells of the blood that are critical for us to stop bleeding when we cut ourselves. They are also a central part of the process of thrombosis, ...

Platelets play a much bigger role in our immune system than previously thought, according to researchers. In addition to their role in coagulation and healing, platelets also act as the immune ...

As a graduate student studying molecular cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic/Case Western Reserve University, John Hwa, MD, Ph.D., professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine), found himself in an ...