People at high risk for recurrent cardiac events following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a procedure to open blocked arteries, experienced significantly better outcomes with clopidogrel ...

Today marks her 41st gallon combined of platelets and blood donated over the span of two decades. She says that "it's a blessing" to donate and encourages people to donate if they can. Through Witty's ...

People at high risk for recurrent cardiac events following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a procedure to open ...

A drug developed as an antidote to the antiplatelet agent ticagrelor safely and effectively reversed ticagrelor's antiplatelet effects in patients undergoing urgent surgery or experiencing major ...

Platelets are an important component of whole blood that helps with clotting. They are often needed by trauma patients, cancer patients and new mothers who have given birth.

Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati Reds are teaming up to save local patients, offering an ...

When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread out to stop the blood from leaking out. Once enough layers of platelets ...

Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in ...

A 65-year-old male presented for his annual exam. The medical assistant (MA) checking the patient in remarked that he is ...

A high platelet count indicates too many of the small cells (platelets) that help form blood clots. This can cause dangerous clots and bleeding. Also called thrombocytosis or thrombocythemia, ...

THAT IS A LOT FOR ONE PATIENT TO RECEIVE. AND THAT WAS RED BLOOD CELLS, PLATELETS AND PLASMA. WEST SAYS THE TEAMWORK BETWEEN THE BLOOD CENTER GATHERING ALL THE PRODUCTS, AND STATE TROOPERS WHO ...