Nico Schrenk gives blood Sept. 1, the day Solvita implemented new donor eligibility screening guidelines. New blood donation guidelines are in place at both of the Tri-State's two blood donation ...

Doctors use blood patch procedures to treat spinal headaches, rare events that may happen after epidurals or other medical procedures involving the spine. In a blood patch your own blood is injected ...

People with treatment-resistant hypertension could benefit from a new procedure that the FDA recently approved. The minimally invasive procedure targets nerves near the kidneys to help control high ...

The entire process of donating blood will often take about 1 hour 15 minutes, depending on which blood product a person donates. The actual drawing of whole blood takes about 10 minutes. In this ...

During a heart angioplasty, a doctor uses a catheter with a balloon to open a narrowed blood vessel in the heart. Typically, they insert a stent during the procedure. A stent is a mesh tube designed ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It's a surgical procedure that will save hundreds of lives and it was developed right here in Jacksonville. Until recently, patients with potentially lethal blood clots were ...

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 ...

Sometimes a baby is born with certain types of congenital heart problems. In these cases, a type of open heart surgery called the Fontan procedure is done as the final part of a series of surgeries ...

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