In Search Of Safer Blood
No one denies that blood can save lives. But experts agree that many of the 3.5 million Americans who receive transfusions each year are taking a needless risk. Smart surgeons already use an array of techniques to avoid transfusion therapy, and researchers are racing to develop others. Here are some of the strategies, proven and experimental, that could help keep anonymous blood out of your veins: “The safest transfusion is no transfusion,” says Dr....