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My baby needed 6 blood transfusions while in the womb. The postpartum depression didn't hit me until I knew he was OK months later.
Rh incompatibility in pregnancy led to Courtney Yeager's postpartum depression: Her son needed 6 bl…
Kelly Burch
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A young woman injured in a car crash got flamed for receiving blood donations from dozens of civil servants, over concerns they were forced to become 'mobile blood banks for the rich'
State media says that Yu Yanyan, 27, was given a blood transfusion from "enthusiastic" Tibetan civi…
Matthew Loh
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A male doctor thought I was exaggerating how heavy my periods were. One period lasted 83 days and I ended up needing a blood transfusion.
The author shares how a male ER doctor dismissed her symptoms and she had to fight to stay in the h…
Ronny Maye
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Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome caused a teen's kidney to fail. Her transplant came from her identical twin.
Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome was previously hard to detect via ultrasound. A woman saved her i…
Kelly Burch
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'Blood donations improve upto 80% of pre-Covid level'
The Covid-19 pandemic ensued a significant reduction in blood donation across the globe due to a pa…
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A woman's unborn son died from twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, even though there was a cure. She spent her life working for the doctor who developed the treatment.
A woman was diagnosed with TTTS during her pregnancy. After her son died, she worked for the doctor…
Julia Pugachevsky
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A controversial tech millionaire says his father, 70, is now biologically 46 thanks to injections of his 'super blood'
Bryan Johnson, who considers himself a "rejuvenation athlete," believes his blood may have been abl…
Marianne Guenot
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Chrissy Teigen has had 2 blood transfusions and suffered a 'huge clot' while in the hospital for extreme bleeding during pregnancy
Teigen said doctors had to "scramble to hear the heartbeat" of her unborn son after her 2 blood tra…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Hospitals and blood banks are running out of convalescent plasma for coronavirus patients — here's how to donate
Demand for convalescent plasma is likely to keep rising now that the FDA has approved the treatment…
Aria Bendix
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Anti-vaxxers are refusing blood transfusions from vaccinated donors because they believe they're 'tainted,' report says
Blood centers across the country say they've heard of patients asking for blood exclusively from un…
Sophia Ankel
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COVID-19: NBTC issues fresh guidelines for blood transfusion services
Social distancing measures which are advised from time to time by authorities should be followed at…
PTI
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Nearly 12,000 individuals die every day due to lack of quality blood
On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, the health professionals underscored the need to highl…
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Scientists grew blood in a lab and transplanted it into people for the first time
Lab-grown blood could increase the options available for people with rare blood types and disorders…
Andrea Michelson
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What it could mean if you see blood on the toilet paper after you wipe
Bleeding from your rectum can be a sign of something benign like hemorrhoids, but it could also ind…
Ashley Laderer,Jason R. McKni…
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Millionaires are dropping tens of thousands on 'young blood' transfusions and cryonic preservation. Here are 5 ways the wealthy are investing in trying to live forever
That seems to be the thinking, at least, of the ultra-wealthy Americans spending thousands on "youn…
Katie Warren
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Donating blood regularly is safe and an important public service here's how often you can donate
You can donate blood 6 times a year without endangering your health. If you're pregnant, have anemi…
Carla Delgado,Jason McKnight
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How to tell if you have hemochromatosis, a condition that causes too much iron in your blood
Hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic conditions and can be life-threatening — he…
Ashley Laderer,Jason McKnight
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4 key signs that you're losing too much blood during your period and what it could signal
Bleeding too much could be a sign of endometriosis, fibroids, PCOS, and more — here's how to tell i…
Madeline Kennedy,Lauren Demos…
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Blood banks are leveraging Facebook to fulfill their blood requirements from 40 million donors
Blood banks across the country have started leveraging Facebook to fulfill their blood requirements…