More than 60,000 people bleed to death every year in the United States. Many of those deaths occur before the patient reaches ...

The purpose of platelets is to create hemostasis, prevent hemorrhaging, and keep blood inside the vessel walls. Platelet count is an essential diagnostic tool that measures the number of platelets ...

This assessment was conducted using blood samples collected by the emergency medical services ambulance team before patients arrived at the hospital. The analysis found that GFAP levels were ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — There are now four blood vending machines inside Sentara Norfolk General Hospital as part of a pilot project to give doctors safe and fast access to blood products.

"Right now lots of people are coming to the hospital with respiratory tract infections ... What they're looking at is a simple blood test that nets results within five hours, instead of two ...