I like to dedicate a couple of columns each year to blood donation because Lee Health and our community are the grateful beneficiaries of the generosity of blood donors who help keep an adequate blood ...

The American Red Cross Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region held an apheresis appreciation dinner recently at Southeast Hospital to thank those who have donated platelets. Apheresis -- a process of ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: I would like to find out more information on donating blood plasma. A friend of mine said it wasn't bad. What are the pros and cons of donating? DEAR READER: Apheresis (ay-fur-ee-sis) ...