Blood transfusions are an essential component of modern medicine. Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion, and the importance of this life saving procedure has ...

Criteria for superior efficacy not met in trial involving air ambulances ...

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) can damage bone marrow, lowering red blood cells and platelets. Transfusions replace missing cells to manage anemia or thrombocytopenia. Up to 9 in 10 people with MDS ...

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. Doctors may recommend blood transfusions as part of AML treatment. The specific transfusion type and associated risks ...

A preliminary study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggests a possible explanation for the biological process responsible for inducing fever and related symptoms after the transfusion of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A year ago, American Red Cross declared the first-ever national blood crisis amid a surge in the omicron variant ...

DIFFERENCE. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I DONATED BLOOD AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD NEED BLOOD. ROSE. ROSE IS A WARRIOR. SHE’S BEEN BATTLING MULTIPLE MYELOMA, WHICH IS BLOOD CANCER, SINCE AUGUST OF 2024.

And that’s especially true when trauma and severe blood loss are involved. Trauma is the leading cause of death for people 45 and younger, and among trauma patients, uncontrolled bleeding is the ...

Febrile responses to platelet transfusions are common but some can be life-threatening and the cause of these reactions is largely unknown. In June 23 Lancet, Richard Phipps and colleagues from ...