Your morning coffee might do more than wake you up – it could weaken donated blood. A large new study shows caffeine lowers ...

“Donor caffeine consumption, a common dietary exposure for up to 75 percent of Americans, emerges as a modifiable behavioral factor potentially influencing RBC storage quality and transfusion outcomes ...

With sickle cell disease, red blood cells become hard and sticky, looking like a C-shaped farm tool called a “sickle.” Unlike typical red blood cells that are round, sickle cells have trouble passing ...

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Your morning cup of coffee might harm the quality of a blood donation provided ...

Eligible people can donate whole blood every 56 days up to six times per year. Other types, such as platelet or plasma ...

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is asking for donors to help patients with sickle cell disease during September, which is ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Donors took to Albany Avenue in Hartford on Saturday to give blood for Sickle Cell Awareness Month.

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and Arkansas is stepping up to the plate with a series of events aimed at supporting those affected by the di ...

Your blood cells work tirelessly to keep you alive, carrying oxygen throughout your body and fighting off infections. But hidden in your daily meals are foods that can silently compromise these vital ...

Leukemia is a blood cancer that disrupts normal cell production, leading to infection risk, anemia and bleeding, and requiring tailored treatments.

Cerebral malaria kills 1 out of 5 children that suffer from it, and causes long-term disabilities in half of the survivors.

Captive animals sometimes need a transfusion, but the typical approach to blood banking isn’t practical for zoos and aquariums. One veterinarian is testing a solution.