Blood-booster helps critically ill patients: study
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Juicing up the body's blood supply with the Johnson & Johnson drug Procrit can reduce the risk of death in critically ill trauma patients by nearly 60 percent, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Oct 06  - Giving blood transfusions to anemic patients who are hospitalized with severe acute heart pain or a heart attack may increase their risk of dying, according to a new report.
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o matter what the illness, people in hospital intensive care units tend to have elevated blood sugar levels. One way to help these ICU patients survive is to give them insulin to bring their
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A simple system that checks how much blood a patient loses during surgery speeds recovery, NHS trials show.
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Thousands of intensive care patients are set to benefit from a drug which has been recommended to NHS doctors.
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NEW YORK  - In patients with heart failure, aerobic training can help the organ pump better, investigators report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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A number of US trauma centers are taking part in a study of an oxygen-carrying blood substitute designed to be used at the scene of accidents or disasters to increase survival
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Infusing patients with  bone marrow cells can reinvigorate their dying hearts and grow  tiny new arteries and heart muscle tissue, a treatment that may  one day make many heart transplants unnecessary, Brazilian  researchers said on Friday.
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The sickest heart patients fare better when they are outfitted with an artificial device and tethered to a dishwasher-size power source while waiting for a heart transplant, says a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Researchers discover people with blood group O are naturally protected from its most severe forms.
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Blood donations may help keep the body's circulatory system healthy by reducing stores of iron, but the effect may not work for older people, a U.S. study suggested on Tuesday.
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Giving children with type 1 diabetes an  infusion of blood saved from their own umbilical cords helped  reduce the severity of their disease, U.S. researchers said on  Monday.
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Scientists are developing an artificial vein for use in patients with circulation problems.
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Scientists measure energy levels inside living heart cells, which could ultimately aid heart attack recovery.
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NEW YORK  - A new study of a device that  removes certain immune system components from the blood  supports its safety and effectiveness as a treatment for  rheumatoid arthritis that doesn't respond to heavy-duty  anti-rheumatic drugs, investigators report.
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BUFFALO, NY A growing number of hospitals are adopting &quot;enhanced intensive care&quot; technology -- or &quot;eICU.&quot;. The technology allows critical care doctors and nurses to monitor dozens of patients at different hospitals
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Patients with hemophilia and other blood-clotting disorders face an uncertain though probably very low risk of contracting the human form of mad cow disease from medicines made using donated plasma, health officials said Monday.