Platelet Count
A platelet count is a diagnostic test that determines the number of platelets in the patient's blood. Platelets, which are also called thrombocytes, are small disk-shaped blood cells pr...
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Platelet Function Disorders
Platelets are elements within the bloodstream that recognize and cling to damaged areas inside blood vessels. When they do this, the platelets trigger a series of chemical ...
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A hospital patient died after receiving a unit of blood platelets tainted with E. coli bacteria, the Community Blood Center in Kansas City said.
The Food and Drug Administration determined...
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ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Inhaling diesel exhaust
fumes causes changes in the body that may make people more
prone to heart attack or stroke, researchers said Tuesday. European scientists found th...
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A drug already used to fight ovarian and lung cancers received expanded federal approval Thursday as part of a combined treatment for late-stage cervical cancer.
The combination of the dru...
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Turkey is battling the largest recorded outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, which has killed at least 20 people this year, and experts said Tuesday more cases of the Ebola-like diseas...
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ORLANDO, Fla./NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and
Co's investigational anti-clotting drug was better able
to prevent heart attacks than the standard treatment Plavix,
but the drug failed to prove a...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients given the blood-clot
preventer Plavix after a heart attack or after receiving a
stent have a far higher risk of heart attack or death in the
three months after they st...
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Phnom Penh (dpa) - Cambodia's six-month death toll for the
mosquito-borne dengue fever virus topped the entire 2006 total, a
health official said Tuesday.
Hea...
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The plasma transfused into victims of burns, car crashes and other serious conditions soon will come almost completely from men.Make no mistake: Women need to donate blood now more than ever as blo...
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A new blood thinner proved better than Plavix, one of the world's top-selling drugs, at preventing heart problems after procedures to open clogged arteries, doctors reported Sunday. But the new dru...
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Platelet Count
Tainted Blood Contributes to Death
