News tagged with blood thinners

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A ruptured aorta needn't be a death sentence, survivors say

John Ritter was working in a Burbank studio on the set of his TV sitcom. Aaron Roberts was cooling his heels in a hotel room outside of Chicago after a business meeting. Exactly four years separated the days when two very ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study Warns of Potential Adverse Drug Interactions from New Using Blood Thinners

(PhysOrg.com) -- Three new oral blood-thinning drugs nearing approval by the Food and Drug Administration are more convenient than the standard drug Coumadin because they do not require monthly visits to adjust doses.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 31, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Newer Anti-Clotting Medication Found to Be More Effective

(PhysOrg.com) -- A large head-to-head study of two anti-clotting medications for heart patients has found that the investigational compound ticagrelor (Brilinta) was more effective at reducing cardiovascular death than the ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Aug 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Designing drugs and their antidotes together improves patient care

Imagine a surgical patient on a blood-thinning drug who starts bleeding more than expected, and an antidote that works immediately - because the blood thinner and antidote were designed to work together. Researchers at Duke ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Doctors Warn Against Holiday Heart Attack Spike

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some studies indicate that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0