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World Service,13 Sep 1995,13 mins

Alternatives To Blood Transfusion

Health Matters

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Using hyperbaric oxygen chambers to treat patients; Blood transfusions may lower body's resistance to disease. Alternatives being suggested include washing blood and use of plasma. Also in the programme, a helmet that scans brain activity while you sleep and the use of oxygen, or hyperbaric, chambers to help recover from illness or operation.

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