What is a blood clot? Blood clots normally form after an injury to protect your body from losing too much blood, but they can ...

Limited anticoagulants may be as effective as standard doses. * THE QUESTION Do low-intensity anticoagulants provide adequate protection against recurrent blood clots? * PAST STUDIES have failed to ...

administered, the oral blood thinner Coumadin is begun. When it takes hold, the injected Lovenox is discontinued.

Extending anti-clotting drugs beyond the initial treatment period of at least 90 days after a first blood clot is linked to lower rates of new clots developing compared with stopping treatment, finds ...

Giving the anti-clotting drug rivaroxaban to patients for 12 weeks instead of the usual six after a blood clot in the lower leg reduces the risk of further clots developing up to two years after ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and potentially life threatening condition that doctors categorize as acute, subacute, or chronic. Deep vein thrombosis can increase a person’s risk of any type of ...

People with chronic fatigue syndrome may have tiny clots in their blood. These “microclots” could be responsible for the main symptoms of the condition, which include persistent exhaustion, pain and ...

Patients treated with 12 months of Lixiana, an anticoagulant therapy, received a greater benefit than those treated with three months of the therapy. Twelve months of treatment with an anticoagulant ...

Giving the anti-clotting drug rivaroxaban to patients for 12 weeks instead of the usual six after a blood clot in the lower leg reduces the risk of further clots developing up to two years after ...