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Why are women more willing donors than men?

Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?

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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies

Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.

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The leukaemia diagnosis I didn’t see coming

Treatment for leukaemia kept journalist Hannah Partos in isolation, like the female prisoner whose image inspired her to write this piece.

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Bleeding healthy

For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.

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  • Therapy: blood transfusion
  • Therapy: blood transfusion
  • F. Gesellius, Die transfusion des blutes, blood transfusion
  • A soldier promotes blood donation in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service, ca. 2000.
  • Photograph: blood-transfusion apparatus,
  • Blood transfusion apparatus, Dr Blundell.
  • Blood transfusion, 17th century.
  • Blundell's method of blood transfusion
  • If he should fall, is your blood there to save him? : The Emergency Blood Transfusion Service needs blood donors / A. Games.
  • Museum pieces. 4, An early blood transfusion.
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