Giving blood may seem like a selfless act, but some donors could be getting health benefits themselves ... “it is a possibility that blood donation decreases the pre-leukaemia mutations ...

How Donating Blood Benefits Your Health You are helping your own health too It is not just the recipients who benefit!

The technique may also be used to assess how blood donation affects other areas of health, including levels of white blood cells called lymphocytes, which form part of the immune system.

However, new research suggests that donating blood may also benefit the donor's health. Barbara Whitehead, a regular donor, shared her motivation: "My friend's husband had cancer and needed a ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Many people know that one donation of blood can save up to three lives. 6abc's Vice President of Community Engagement, Nikki Hawkins knew this and wanted to give ...

That said, not everyone can become a blood donor. Certain health conditions may affect your eligibility to donate blood, such as dementia or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

South Africa must shift from finding new blood donors to building relationships with existing ones. Technology can help.

Extreme weather disasters, increasing as the planet warms, can curb blood donations while increasing demand, a new analysis ...

Q: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, ...