Donated Blood Is Safe No Matter a Person’s Sex, Large Trial Finds
A large new randomized clinical trial should put people who are ever in need of a blood transfusion more at ease. Scientists in Canada have found that the sex of a blood donor had no significant effect on the recipient’s chances of survival. Several past studies had suggested a possible risk, but this appears to be the first major research of its kind to examine the issue.Won’t Virtual Reality Make Me Sick?In recent years, there has been a growing interest in understanding possibly hidden risk factors that could affect…