News tagged with blood thinners
Preventive use of blood thinners by cancer patients could save lives, cut costs
(Medical Xpress) -- Preventive use of blood thinners, or anticoagulants, in people receiving outpatient treatment for cancer could prevent the development of blood clots and improve their quality of life, according ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Heart patients who take vitamins less likely to take medication as prescribed, according to study
Atrial Fibrillation patients who are prescribed the powerful blood thinner warfarin often take it with vitamins or supplements that can hamper its effectiveness, or skip doses completely, increasing their risk for stroke, ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 14, 2011 |
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ACP recommends new approach to prevent venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients
In a new clinical practice guideline published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that doctors assess the risk of thromboembolism and bleeding in patients hospitalized ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Toward an improved test for adulterated heparin
Scientists are reporting refinement of a new test that promises to help assure the safety of supplies of heparin, the blood thinner taken by millions of people worldwide each year to prevent blood clots. The ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Men, women get equal care with Get With The Guidelines
Women received nearly the same quality of care as men at hospitals using the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure program, according to a study reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an Ame ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Aug 23, 2011 |
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New scorecard identifies patients at highest risk on blood thinners
A new and simple risk score may aid physicians in gauging the likelihood that a common drug will cause a hemorrhagic stroke or other major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation, potentially allowing wider but safer ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Joint replacement surgery increases risk of blood clot formation in certain patients
When tennis star Serena Williams underwent emergency treatment for a pulmonary embolism earlier this year, the world's attention was drawn to this often fatal medical condition which, although surprisingly not uncommon, is ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Drug prices to plummet in wave of expiring patents
The cost of prescription medicines used by millions of people every day is about to plummet. The next 14 months will bring generic versions of seven of the world's 20 best-selling drugs, including the top ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 25, 2011 |
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Pew finds serious gaps in oversight of US drug safety
Americans' medicines are increasingly manufactured in developing countries, where oversight is lower than in the U.S., according to a new white paper by the Pew Health Group. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 12, 2011 |
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J&J wins US approval for new blood thinner
(AP) -- Johnson & Johnson said Friday that U.S. regulators have approved its new type of blood thinner shown to reduce deadly blood clots in patients who have undergone knee and hip replacements.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 02, 2011 |
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Blood thinner may protect cancer patients from potentially fatal clots
A new type of anti-clotting drug called semuloparin has been found to reduce the development of potentially fatal blood clots in the veins that often occur in cancer patients, doctors at Duke Cancer Institute and elsewhere ...
Jun 07, 2011 |
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'Clot-busters' no more effective than traditional therapy in treating lung blood clots
Although so-called clot-busting drugs are commonly used in the treatment of some patients with blood clots in the lungs, a new study conducted by researchers in Spain and the U.S. indicates the agents do not appear to be ...
May 16, 2011 |
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New statement offers advice on treating dangerous, deep blood clots
Doctors are encouraged to consider therapies in addition to blood thinners to treat certain patients with potentially dangerous blood clots that form in the deep veins and travel to the lungs, according to a new scientific ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
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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 ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Merck stops trial for potential blood thinner
(AP) -- Shares of Merck & Co. are falling after the drugmaker says it has halted one late-stage trial of a potential blood thinner and will immediately stop giving the drug in another study to patients who have had a stroke.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 13, 2011 |
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