Anticoagulants do not dissolve blood clots. Instead, they impair clot formation, giving the body's "fibrinolytic system" time ...

One in four people will suffer from a ‘brain attack’, but noticing these early signs will avert the more serious long-term ...

Scientists conducted a study on vampire bats, the only mammals that solely rely on blood for sustenance. The study revealed ...

Sep. 17, 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 ...

Each year, an estimated 15 million people around the globe experience stroke, according to the World Health Organization, ...

Luo, from the capital's Aerospace Center Hospital, specializes in thrombolysis, a minimally invasive procedure to dissolve ...

Kim – who also has stage four metastatic breast cancer – can't safely fly for three months and is left with only two options: ...

While it's not always possible to predict when a stroke will happen, some tell-tale signs could act as indicators. Here are ...

Doctors can use certain medications to dissolve blood clots when they are the cause of blockage in an ischemic stroke. A recent paper reports that the use of the drug tenecteplase may lead to ...

The Ministry of Health through the Colonial War Memorial Hospital’s Stroke Team has commenced with thrombolysis to prevent ...

Investigations are taking place into whether cases of a rare type of blood clot are connected to both the Oxford-AstraZeneca and the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccines. The link between the ...

The Ministry of Health strongly debunks the misconceptions about stroke among Fijians which hinders the treatment of people ...