Scientists at the University of Augsburg have discovered a particularly active subgroup of blood platelets that may cause heart attacks in people with coronary heart disease despite drug therapy. This ...

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immune-mediated platelet disorder caused by antibodies that target complexes of platelet factor 4 (PF4) and heparin. HIT has been characterized as a ...

The drug met primary safety and efficacy outcomes, with full results to be presented at the AHA Scientific Sessions.

Background Platelet hyperreactivity is a factor which contributes towards increased risk of cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, little is known about platelets' ...

Giving platelets takes a couple of hours. While I donate, I'm usually watching a baseball or football game on the TV right in front of me.

In this week's Change Makers, four friends meet up every other month to donate platelets in Boston, a tradition they've been keeping to for more than 10 years. For most of Matt Dillis' life, the ...

Inflammatory bowel disease, in which the immune system attacks the gut, is a painful chronic condition that affects three million Americans. Rates of IBD are rising, and there's currently no cure. IBD ...

HI, JAMES. HI. JIM STIERS, A FAMILIAR FACE. AND ARM AT THE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH BLOOD DONOR CENTER. I’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME. THE 70 YEAR OLD IS A RECORD PLATELET DONOR. HIS STATS? HE’S ...

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a serious immune-mediated adverse effect of heparin therapy, characterised by thrombocytopenia and a high risk of thrombotic complications.