More Blood Clot News

• Genetically Engineered Clotting Solution Approved

  Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The first clotting solution derived from recombinant DNA technology has ...

• FDA Warns Clot Risk Higher in Birth Control Patch Than Pill

  Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- A birth control skin patch used by many American women ...

• Cholesterol Drug Zetia Doesn't Benefit Health: Study

  Jan. 15 (HealthDay News)-- The long-awaited results of a trial of Zetia, a cholesterol-lowering drug ...

• CT Scans Catch More Clots in Lungs

  Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Pulmonary embolism -- a life-threatening blood clot in the lungs ...

• Blood Markers Might Predict Clotting Risk With HRT

  Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Levels of certain blood markers may increase the risk of ...

• Newer Anticlotting Drug Safe, Effective for Heart Surgeries

  Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A newer kind of anticlotting drug is safe over the ...

• Drug May Help Reverse Clotting Deficiency

  Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug can boost the number of clotting cells, ...

• Diesel Exhaust Increases Clot Formation

  Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to diesel exhaust increases clot formation and blood platelet ...

• Trasylol Pulled From Worldwide Market

  Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Bayer AG suspended worldwide sales of Trasylol, a clotting drug ...

• Drug-Coated Stents No Riskier in Long Run Than Bare Metal Ones

  Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- In the largest study of its kind to date, Harvard ...

• New Anti-Clotting Drug Shows Promise in Heart Patients

  Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A new anti-clotting drug might one day challenge Plavix, the ...

• FDA to Review Clotting Drug After Trial Suggests Death Risk

  Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it ...

• Angioplasty Equals Bypass Surgery for Heart Patients: Study

  Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Someone with "mid-range" -- or intermediate -- coronary artery disease ...

• In-Flight Clot Risk Low for Most People

  Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Despite recent media reports of airplane passengers developing serious blood ...

• Link Between Air Pollution, Stroke Gets Clearer

  Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Microscopic pollution particles spewed by diesel engines and coal-burning plants ...

• Genetic Test Approved for Sensitivity to Blood Thinner

  Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a genetic ...

• Pill Equals Injection in Preventing Clots After Hip Replacement

  Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) -- In a head-to-head trial, Swedish researchers found that a pill ...

• New Drug No Substitute for Standard Blood-Clot Therapy

  Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Three studies on the new anti-clotting medication idraparinux found the ...

• Researchers Find Better Way to Deliver Blood Thinner

  Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new gene-based dosing formula for the anti-clotting drug warfarin ...