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NEWS ABOUT: blood transfusions

blood transfusions stories: 4 news summaries

 Swine Flu Shrinks
Nation's Blood Supply 

Donor pool dries up amid absenteeism at schools, offices

Nov 10, 09 7:50 AM CST
(Newser) - America's blood supply is suffering from the H1N1 pandemic. Blood centers nationwide are seeing a drop in donations as school and businesses cancel blood drives because of absenteeism; they're also having to dump blood already donated as an increasing number of donors report flu-like symptoms after giving. Centers say they... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • blood • blood drives • blood transfusions • pandemic • blood donor • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Docs Alarmed after Mad Cow Linked to Plasma Transfusion

Risk of infection with fatal disease was previously said be very low

Feb 15, 09 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered the first case of mad cow caused by tainted blood plasma, the Telegraph reports. The elderly British man, who died from other causes, received blood transfusions years before doctors imposed restrictions to halt the spread of the fatal disease. Scientists had previously insisted the 4,000 people... More »

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Britain • mad cow disease • plasma • blood transfusions

Despite Danger, FDA Sanctioned Artificial Blood Studies

Product tripled heart attack risk in subjects

Apr 28, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration repeatedly approved experiments using artificial blood despite data showing the products to be dangerous, the Washington Post reports. Investigators from the National Institutes of Health found heart attack risk tripled and death increased by 30% for subjects in 16 studies testing five kinds of artificial... More »

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FDA • blood • medical research • heart attack • clinical trials • blood transfusions • artificial blood

 Old Blood Is Bad Blood: Study 

Heart patients whose transfusions sat around have worse survival rates

Mar 20, 08 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Donated blood may have a much shorter shelf life than previously thought, finds a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Transfusions using blood at least two weeks old increased heart-surgery patients' post-operative death risk by 30%, researchers discovered, though the current expiration date for blood is... More »

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New England Journal of Medicine • American Red Cross • heart surgery • Cleveland Clinic • blood transfusions • donated blood • expiration date • medical study • cardiac surgery

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