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- TOUR DE FRANCE: 10 things to know about doping
PORTO VECCHIO, Corsica (AP) -- For almost as long as they have cycled the length and breadth of the country, Tour de France riders have doped - with everything from brandy to ghoulish blood transfusions. Back in 1924, the Pelissier brothers, Henri and Francis, were already telling journalist Albert Londres they rode ''on dynamite'' - using cocaine, chloroform and assorted pills. By the 1990s ...
June 27, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports - Blood Transfusions May Mean Fewer Strokes in Kids With Sickle Cell Disease
Title: Blood Transfusions May Mean Fewer Strokes in Kids With Sickle Cell Disease Category: Health News Created: 6/24/2013 4:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 6/25/2013 12:00:00 AM
June 26, 2013 - MedicineNet.com - Improving Blood Transfusions
Patients in the U.S. receive approximately 15 million blood transfusions a year but medical research publications have associated the procedure with harmful consequences including heart attacks, renal failure, and death.
June 26, 2013 - ThirdAge