People on blood thinners have a doubled risk of dangerous internal bleeding if they also take a non-steroidal ...

Hello Health Rounds Readers! Today we feature three more studies that were presented at one of the year's most important ...

The study, presented Saturday at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago, is the first large trial to ...

Vitamin K deficiency though rare can affect anyone including infants Severe cases can lead to blood in urine or stool ...

Prescribing anti-clotting medications to adults younger than age 65 who have atrial fibrillation (AFib) but no other risk ...

NewsChannel20’s sat down with one blood donation recipient who, despite needing transfusions herself in the past, still finds ...

This allowed the researchers to compare the proportion of people taking blood thinners who went on to suffer an internal ...

This allowed the researchers to compare the proportion of people taking blood thinners who went on to suffer an internal ...

2024 — Doctors and pharmacists treating people with blood thinners can reduce the rate of inappropriate dosing -- as well as blood clots and strokes that can result from it -- using an ...

The trial included more than 1,200 adults, average age 53, who had AFib but none of the standard risk factors that would necessitate the prescription of blood thinner medication. Half of the study ...

Younger patients with the common heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation but no other risk factors for stroke are not likely to benefit from blood-thinning drugs, a Canadian study found.

AFib is the most common type of irregular heart rhythm in the U.S., and blood thinners, also known as anti-clotting ...