Gary Myers has donated 25 units of platelets, after his wife, Lisa, received 25 blood transfusions. (Madison Pitsch) The answer he found would require rolling up his sleeve.

For Platelet Awareness Month, Our Lady of Lourdes Blood Center is educating the community about the importance of platelet donors and the people who rely on those donations.

Founder of Platelets Across America 87-year-old Al Whitney has donated platelets in every state across the country twice already and is now doing it for the third time.

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 ...

“When the four units of platelets were given to my brother-in-law, his condition worsened. Then we took him to another private hospital.

The center is expected to collect 3,000 units of blood and more than 2,000 units of platelets from generous donors who roll up a sleeve to help save lives.

According to the Red Cross, a single donation of platelets can yield several transfusable units, whereas it takes about five whole blood donations to make up a single transfusable unit of platelets.

For Platelet Awareness Month, Our Lady of Lourdes Blood Center is educating the community about the importance of platelet donors and the people who rely on those donations.

It’s a story of the love and devotion one Nebraska couple has for each other, and how it has grown during a trying time. They faced a mountain of decisions when they learned one of them had a ...

Founder of Platelets Across America 87-year-old Al Whitney has donated platelets in every state across the country twice already and is now doing it for the third time.

The Rhode Island Blood Center is asking for help since they are still dangerously low on blood donations, particularly platelets.