More Blood Clot News

• Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant

  March 17 (HealthDay News) -- The contaminant found in the blood-thinner heparin, which has been ...

• Heparin Problems Reported in Germany

  March 7 (HealthDay News) -- German health officials reported Thursday almost 100 cases of allergic ...

• FDA Finds Contaminant in Baxter's Recalled Heparin Products

  March 6 (HealthDay News) -- Tests have found a heparin-like contaminant in heparin blood-thinning products ...

• Genetic Test Predicts Response to Warfarin

  March 6 (HealthDay News) -- Variations of a gene that determines a person's sensitivity to ...

• Baxter Recalls Rest of Heparin Products

  Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Baxter Healthcare Corp., the pharmaceutical company at the center of ...

• Blood Clots in Legs, Lungs Predispose Patients to Repeat Episodes

  Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- People who develop a blood clot in their legs (deep ...

• Hemophilia Treatment Approved

  Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xyntha, a ...

• New Stroke Treatments Reduce Brain Damage, Improve Recovery

  Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Giving stroke patients a caffeine-alcohol mixture in concert with a ...

• Mix-Up Behind FDA's Failure to Inspect China Blood-Thinner Plant

  Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Due to a name mix-up, the U.S. Food and Drug ...

• Transplanted Liver Lining Cells May Cure Hemophilia

  Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have shown that transplanting healthy liver cells into mice ...

• Drug-Coated Balloons Keep Leg Arteries Open: Study

  Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Drug-coated stents haven't worked well for blocked leg arteries, but ...

• Drug Combo Tied to Kidney Risk with Some Cardiac Surgeries

  Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- While use of the clotting drug aprotinin (Trasylol) appears safe ...

• Sucking Out Clot Debris Helps Heart Attack Patients

  Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Vacuuming out loose pieces of clots in blocked heart vessels ...

• First 90 Days After Stopping Plavix Most Dangerous

  Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that the first three months after heart ...

• FDA Approves New Drug-Eluting Stent

  Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug-coated stent has been approved the U.S. Food ...

• Hospital Patients' Blood Clot Risk High

  Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- More than half the patients in hospitals worldwide risk developing ...

• Anti-Clotting Drug Helps Infants with Heart Ills

  Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Small doses of the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) can benefit ...

• Clot-Busting Drug Offers New Approach to DVT

  Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to treating deep vein thrombosis, injecting the ...

• Anti-Clotting Drug Trial Shortened by Bleeding Problems

  Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A study of the new anti-clotting drug idraparinux for preventing ...