The state’s blood platelet shortage is improving after last week’s low point — which reached Bloodworks Northwest’s “critical” category — but thousands of donations are still needed. Bloodworks ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2010 and remained in stage 2 with no effects until 2022. In the interim, he was also diagnosed with atrial ...

METRO DETROIT (WXYZ) — There is a major need for blood donations in part due to a national platelet shortage. It’s a troubling trend, hitting cancer and surgery ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2010 and remained in stage 2 with no effects until 2022. In the interim, he was also diagnosed with atrial ...

Because leukemia is a blood cancer, it can affect a person’s platelet count. People with leukemia sometimes have a low platelet count. However, other conditions can also cause low platelets. Leukemia ...

How low can a platelet count get before you suspect heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)? —Higinio R. Lopez, MD, Newark, Del. During heparin therapy, any unexplained decrease that reduces the ...

How Does Doptelet Work in Thrombocytopenia? Thrombocytopenia is when your blood has too few platelets (also called thrombocytes). Platelets are blood cells made in the soft, spongy tissue inside your ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Please let me know if it would be safe to undergo prostate cancer surgery with a low platelet count (111,000) and if there's anything that can be done to avoid complications of the ...

Since 2010, September has been recognized as Blood Cancer Awareness Month, bringing attention to leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and other cancers targeting the blood. A challenge faced by many battling ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — We Are Blood is the largest supplier of blood to 40 Central Texas hospitals, but it needs more donors to help cancer patients and kids awaiting organ transplants. “We’ve seen a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 65-year-old male presented for his annual exam. The medical assistant (MA) checking the patient in remarked ...