Patricia Ford, MD, a leader in bloodless medicine and transfusion-free oncology, discusses her career and how she became the ...

Before Andrea Acerra, 45, had a hysterectomy due to heavy periods in November, she received an iron infusion to boost her red blood cell count and stave off the need for a transfusion. "I was just ...

Bloodless medicine, treatments that minimize or eliminate the use of blood products in surgical procedures, is gaining a wider audience, including on Long Island, where doctors say transfusions can be ...

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center has become a hub for Jehovah's Witnesses seeking bloodless medical procedures. The hospital's bloodless medicine program, established in 2022, treats about 300 ...

FLORIDA — BACKGROUND: With someone needing blood every two seconds in the U.S. for one reason or another, surgeries and medical procedures performed without the use of blood are a preferable choice by ...

Bloodless surgery is a safe alternative for patients who do not want to receive blood transfusions during surgery, health experts told Fox News. Bloodless surgery helps individuals receive the surgery ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Jock Davis smiled and sat up on his bed at Pennsylvania Hospital last week, looking more like a guy on vacation than on high-dose chemotherapy for a blood cancer called multiple ...

A new medical technique is providing an alternative to surgeries that go against the religious beliefs of some residents. So-called bloodless medicine and surgery is providing patients with an ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Blood management programs that reduced or avoided transfusions saved a health system millions of dollars annually, with a return on investment of more than $7 for every dollar spent, ...

NEW YORK, N.y. - It is a major, life-saving procedure but it can also cause significant blood loss. Open heart surgery presents special challenges for patients who must avoid blood transfusions. Mount ...