Alternatives to blood transfusion - The following are tried and tested alternatives to blood transfusion during various procedures. If you or a loved one is due to undergo surgery or gi...

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...

So you think you need . . . a blood transfusion - What to do instead - * Opt for autologous blood deposit and transfusion. Your own blood can be taken and stored, ready to be given back to you as and when you need it.

So you think you need . . . a blood transfusion - If you must have a blood transfusion - * Discuss with your doctor whether he will accept a lower ‘transfusion trigger’ of haemoglobin in the blood

Can You ‘Catch’ Cancer? No, not even from a blood transfusion - Can you ‘catch’ cancer from the blood of someone who is precancerous? Implausible as it sounds, some doctors suspected that several cancers, and espe...

Transfusion: 30% given wrong blood - About one-third of all people who had transfusions in Britain were given the wrong blood, an informal questionnaire has discovered. Six people died fr...

Blood medicine - Besides the possibility of contracting AIDS or hepatitis, blood transfusion carries a host of other risks, perhaps even aiding recurrences of cancer....

Antigens and blood types - Each blood type possesses a different antigen with its own special chemical structure. Your blood type is named for the blood type antigen you possess...