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Old Oct 2, 2003 | 5:26 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dhammer53:
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Give blood. It's important.</font>
The "platelet" or "plasma" donation is called Apheresis. It generally takes about 40-60 minutes, and you don't feel any side effects, which can sometimes happen with a whole blood donation.

Donating blood is like having a regular check-up for free - you're weighed, blood pressure's taken, and you get a haemoglobin (ah hemoglobin for our US cousins ) count as well.

It's good for you, and more importantly, it's good for your community...

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