Hematology

FDA won't confirm report that facility had never been inspected

HIV was spread to babies through bleeding gums, doctors say

PHILADELPHIA — A nurse admitted Wednesday he cut body parts from 244 corpses and helped forge paperwork so the parts, some of them diseased, could be used in unsuspecting patients.

When you hear of someone drinking themselves to death, most of us assume it's alcohol-related. But that wasn't the case for a 35-year-old man from the U.K., it is reported.

...to the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch label to include the results of a new epidemiology study that found that users of the birth control patch were at higher risk of developing serious blood clots

(FDA) expanded the indication for a liquid fibrin sealant to help control bleeding during general surgery. Fibrin is a protein that helps blood clot.

On Jan. 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration licensed 14 new tests for determining a person's blood type, a process essential to a safe U.S. blood supply and safe transfusions.

Consistent With Previous Data on Tumor Growth and Death

in adult patients whose disease has progressed on or who cannot tolerate other therapies that included imatinib. Imatinib (Gleevec) is approved for the treatment of new diagnosed patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive CML.

It's been called the gift of life, but for many of the five million patients who receive blood transfusions every year, it can actually do more harm than good.