Blood transfusions: - More dangerous than we thought - The blood transfusion is a standard procedure in our hospitals, and many of us regard it as our social duty to give blood. Around 2.5 million units...

Patients do better with fewer blood transfusions - Hospitals should restrict their use of blood transfusions with critically ill patients as this will probably increase their chances of surviving. ...

Catheters are 'life threatening' - Pulmonary artery catheters used extensively in hospitals to check heart and organ condition could be a danger to the patient, possibly even threatenin...

Albumin may kill one in six patients - Blood transfusions that include albumin could be killing six out of 100 patients, new research has revealed. There is no evidence that albumin saves l...

Neonatal blood transfusions may lead to adult hep c - Adult hepatitis C may have its roots in the routine blood transfusions given to premature or underweight babies in the 1960s. ...

'echo' heart test: life threatening - Echocardiography a diagnostic test on the heart using soundwaves is more dangerous than had been thought, and could lead to life threatening complicat...

So you think you need . . . a blood transfusion - Blood carries out the vital functions of human life. It is composed of cells, suspended in plasma, that carry oxygen and nutrients to organs, remove c...

Anaemia: Hormone drug is dangerous - An expensive hormone drug, designed to treat anaemia in critically-ill patients, may be endangering their lives. The drug, erythropoietin, has been a...