Amid a national blood supply crisis, Dr. Courtney Lawrence sat down with Norah O'Donnell to talk about donating blood, health myths and more.

A blood transfusion is a procedure during which donated blood is added to your own blood in your body. Blood transfusions boost blood levels that are low. You may need a blood transfusion due to ...

Thanks to the Texas legislature, Wichita County is among the top two percent of EMS services in the country to receive ...

Blood transfusion is a common procedure carried out by health care workers. The procedure is relatively safe, but complications, some of which may be life-threatening, can occur. Strict guidelines ...

A blood transfusion can be a life-saving intervention if you’ve lost a lot of blood due to illness or injury, but there are some limits. How many blood transfusions you can safely have depends on your ...

A wounded Dallas ISD officer’s rescue shows why Dallas Fire-Rescue expanded mobile blood transfusions, credited with saving ...

Women may be disproportionately affected by blood shortages and are more likely than men to need a blood transfusion than men. That's why we're talking about this summer's blood supply crisis on this ...

Historically, clinicians haven’t considered donor and recipient blood types important when assessing the risk of allergic transfusion reactions. But researchers now think some people with alpha-gal ...

1667: The first blood transfusion involving a human being is performed. Jean-Baptiste Denys, personal physician to France's Louis XIV, is generally credited with performing the first human blood ...

In 1816, a young doctor from Barbados carried out blood transfusion experiments that challenged a dangerous medical ...

Blood transfusion refers to the administration of donated blood products such as red blood cells, platelets or plasma. Blood transfusion is indicated in the treatment of various conditions including ...