Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are some drugs that seem to have been around forever. A perfect example is heparin, a traditional anticoagulant. Discovered ...

Blood thinners don’t really thin your blood. They just interrupt your body’s natural clotting process. Warfarin and heparin act on different parts of this process. Doctors usually prescribe warfarin ...

Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs eliminate or reduce the risk of blood clots. They can also treat blood clots by breaking them up. Some people may have side effects like increased bruising.

Anticoagulants are medications that help stop your blood from thickening or “clotting.” Your body does need to be able to clot to help seal wounds inside and outside your body. But unnecessary clots ...

Anticoagulants are medications used to treat a variety of medical issues in patients who are prone to blood clots. Anticoagulants work to reduce the risk for clotting; they are available orally or as ...

Medications for pulmonary embolism may decrease the size of blood clots, help dissolve them, or reduce the risk of recurrence. All of these medications carry the risk of bleeding. A pulmonary embolism ...

Patients with cardiovascular disease are frequently prescribed anticoagulants to prevent blood clots from forming and potentially leading to stroke or systemic embolism. The new study looked at ...

May 2, 2012 — A retrospective analysis of the data from the ROCKET AF (Rivaroxaban Once Daily Oral Direct Factor Xa Inhibitor Compared With Vitamin K Antagonism for Prevention of Stroke and Embolism ...

Using genetic testing, a potential new face has been put on one of medicine's oldest, most commonly used and dreaded medications. Warfarin is an anticoagulant medication prescribed worldwide to ...