LMH Health, 325 Maine St., is pictured in May 2021. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood or platelets, according to the American Red Cross — and it’s not just because of accidents and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Blood Center is asking for help since they are still dangerously low on blood donations, particularly platelets. These platelets are liquid gold running ...

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For several years, Indian Hill resident Peter Quinn has been regularly donating platelets through Hoxworth, a commitment he ...

This video is no longer available. Richard Martin started donating whole blood with the Red Cross and then switched to Inova when he was asked to consider a different type of donation in 1982. His ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 58-year-old female in reasonably good health. When I was young, I donated blood several times and would have continued to do so, had I not become ineligible due to living in ...

Volunteers often gather more than just blood at blood drives. They also collect platelets— cell fragments carried in the ...

A new platelet collection system at United Blood Services has almost halved the time it takes to donate the vital blood particles. The technology reduced the average platelet donation from 80 minutes ...