Blood transfusions can take 1 to 4 hours. A blood transfusion involves giving you blood from a donor via an intravenous (IV) line. Sometimes, you may receive your own blood if it was collected ...

A blood transfusion provides healthy blood when a person’s body has difficulty producing it. The amount of time it takes for a blood transfusion varies, but it may take up to 4 hours. Blood is ...

A blood transfusion from a vaccinated person doesn’t transfer the inoculation to an unvaccinated person. But high-profile purveyors of misinformation have been promoting the long-standing false claim ...

Our research focuses on developing and delivering research projects that directly address transfusion management of a broad group of patients (e.g. bleeding, haemoglobinopathy, patient blood ...

Plasma is the liquid component of your blood. Also known as blood plasma, it makes up about 55% of your blood and has a light yellow color. When you donate blood, the plasma can be separated out and ...

As a transfusion medicine physician, I have encountered increasing requests for blood from Covid-19 unvaccinated donors or directed donations based on personal beliefs. In one case, a patient refused ...

Combat medics could have a revolutionary new tool for saving lives if a recently-announced military research program is successful. Late last month, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

Rest and dietary changes may be sufficient to resolve anemia. However, occasionally, a person may require blood transfusions. These may form part of their ongoing treatment plan. This article will ...

Blood transfusions could be a regular thing if you or your child has a blood disorder called beta thalassemia. The disease causes a drop in the amount of red blood cells you have. A transfusion gives ...

Your morning coffee might do more than wake you up – it could weaken donated blood. A large new study shows caffeine lowers red blood cell quality, making transfusions less effective, especially in ...

HOUSTON — In early December, a nurse at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center gave a 23-year-old leukemia patient a blood transfusion that, unbeknownst to the medical staff, had become ...

WASHINGTON — Social media is full of people making unusual claims about everyday things, like blood donations. One post claims that the blood you donate for free makes a bunch of other people a pretty ...