More Blood Clot News

• Plavix Plus Heartburn Drugs May Hike Heart Risk

  January 28 (HealthDay News) -- People taking the clot-preventing drug Plavix and an acid-reducing proton ...

• Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes

  January 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Warfarin is an anticoagulant -- or "blood thinner" -- that's frequently ...

• Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control

  December 30 (HealthDay News) -- While the anticoagulant warfarin can be highly effective in preventing ...

• Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix

  December 22 (HealthDay News) -- A gene variation can make younger heart attack patients more ...

• Clot Dissolver Doesn't Boost Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients

  December 17 (HealthDay News) -- German doctors thought that giving the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase (TKNase) ...

• Report Confirms Source of Contaminated Heparin

  December 3 (HealthDay News) -- A final report on the deadly contamination of the blood ...

• Transfusing Anemic Cancer Patients Boosts Clot Risk

  November 28 (HealthDay News) -- Giving blood transfusions to treat anemia in cancer patients increases ...

• CT Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries

  November 26 (HealthDay News) -- Expensive, high-tech CT devices that produce 64-slice images of arteries ...

• Ultrasound Can Help Break Up DVTs

  November 24 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of ultrasound waves and clot-busting drugs may help ...

• Cancer Drug Ups Risk of Clots in Veins

  November 18 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used cancer drug Avastin appears to be associated ...

• Study Upholds Stopping Plavix Use Before Surgery

  November 10 (HealthDay News) -- Someone who has taken the clot-preventing drug Plavix less than ...

• Written Instructions Cut Bleeding Risk for Blood Thinner Use

  November 8 (HealthDay News) -- Giving patients written and verbal instructions on proper use of ...

• FDA Warns of Dangers of Mexican Vanilla

  October 31 (HealthDay News) -- So-called Mexican "vanilla" is often made with a toxic substance ...

• Statins Lower Risk of Clots in Cancer Patients

  October 27 (HealthDay News) -- A class of drugs widely used to lower cholesterol may ...

• Common Heart Drugs May Hamper Blood Thinner

  October 27 (HealthDay News) -- Calcium channel blocker drugs, which are widely prescribed for coronary ...

• Health Insurance Rules Affect Medical Outcomes

  October 22 (HealthDay News) -- Changing the rules about prescribing a clot-preventing drug made a ...

• Fliers Can Keep Blood Clots at Bay

  October 11 (HealthDay News) -- Acting U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Steven K. Galson recently released ...

• Kogenate FS Prevents Joint Damage in Young Hemophiliacs

  October 10 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Kogenate FS ...

• Some Arteries Opened Safely Without Heparin

  October 9 (HealthDay News) -- Artery-opening procedures can be safely done in some cases without ...