Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Because of the recent winter weather, blood and platelet donations have dropped dramatically, ...

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 33 years old and recently had an annual physical and routine blood work. I'm active with two children and feel fantastic, but my platelet count came back as 651. My health care ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 58-year-old female in reasonably good health. When I was young, I donated blood several times and would have continued to do so, had I not become ineligible due to living in ...