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 ...

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 ...

LaDawn Grove needed surgery. Doctors told the 42-year-old mother of three that fibroid tumors were taking over her uterus. It had swollen to the size and shape of a butternut squash. Troubling news, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Florida family traveled across the country to Seattle for a lifesaving surgery you don't hear about often: An open-heart surgery ...

A quarter century ago, hematologist-oncologist Patricia Ford, MD, performed the world’s first bloodless stem cell transplant. The patient was a Jehovah’s Witness, a member of a faith whose members don ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Tacoma infant Hermann Ntuadi was born in mid-September, he immediately went into heart failure. The newborn had a complex ...

When Irv Shapiro found out he needed surgery to fix a ruptured heart valve, one of the first questions he asked his doctor was whether he should donate his own blood. Subscribe to read this story ...

A local man was saved with just hours to spare after doctors at The Christ Hospital performed a bloodless heart surgery.Almost two years ago, Jim Parker, 65, of St. Leon, suffered an aortic dissection ...

The goal is to conserve and make better use of a precious resource - blood. Jock Davis of Rochester, New York, may not look sick now, but for years, the 48-year-old businessman has been battling a ...