FLORIDA — BACKGROUND: With someone needing blood every two seconds in the U.S. for one reason or another, surgeries and medical procedures performed without the use of blood are a preferable choice by ...

While fear of surgery can be enough to make some patients procrastinate, a new approach may keep one unknown out of the operating room. With bloodless surgery, a traditional transfusion does not have ...

“We may not have the same faith or beliefs as they do, but we respect their beliefs," said Dr. Valluvan Jeevanandam, who performed the transplant Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

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 ...

Surgeons at Tampa General Hospital successfully performed the world’s first known bloodless heart and liver transplant on May 31. Doctors said the nine-hour operation was possible through close ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — No matter how desperate the situation, Patricia Hawk won’t accept another person’s blood in her veins. Receiving transfused blood could be lifesaving, but it violates Hawk’s ...

Bloodless medicine, treatments that minimize or eliminate the use of blood products in surgical procedures, is gaining a wider audience, including on Long Island, where doctors say transfusions can be ...