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Here's why red wine is good for your heart
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 2 (ANI): Researchers are developing a new stent that releases red wine antioxidants slowly over time that promotes healing and prevents blood clotting and inflammation.
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People die more on weekends
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], Jan 23. (ANI): Turns out, patients are more likely to die during off-hours or on weekends - whether due to a brain bleed, a heart attack or a blood clot in the lungs. Doctors call it the "weekend effect".
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'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek takes medical leave post brain surgery
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): Longtime 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek, in a video message to fans, has revealed that he recently underwent surgery to remove blood clots from his brain after a fall.
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Targeting this protein may help treat multiple sclerosis
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 3 (ANI): A new study has found that a blood-clotting protein prevents repair in the brain.
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Blood-thinning drugs may cut dementia risk by upto 48%
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 25 (ANI): Here's a good news! Blood-thinning drugs not only reduce the risk of stroke, but also decrease the risk of developing dementia, in people with an irregular heartbeat, a study has recently found.
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Blood clotting drug may regulate food intake, body weight
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 06 (ANI): A medication widely used to prevent blood clotting, heparin, can now be used as a potential target drug to regulate appetite and weight control, suggests a recent study.
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New tool can detect small stroke-causing clots
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 7 (ANI): Blood clots in veins and arteries can lead to heart attack, stroke and pulmonary embolism and now a team of scientists has come up with a method of detecting the likelihood of small thrombi better than the current tests.
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New blood clot find could help stave off heart attacks, strokes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 5 (ANI): A recent study has found that it may be possible to disrupt harmful blood clots in people at risk for heart attack or stroke without upping their risk of bleeding.
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New blood find can help end platelet shortages
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 21 (ANI): A new discovery may be the key to stopping shortages of these vital blood-clotting cells that can represent the difference between life and death.
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Patients with blood clots in lungs often go sans most effective therapies
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 19 (ANI): According to a recent study, pulmonary embolism (PE) treatments have low rates of use across the United States.
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Innovative technique connects liver `directly` to the heart
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 8 (ANI): A 21-year-old Iraqi woman, who suffered from a rare genetic condition in which blood clots prevented the flow of blood into the liver and outflow from the liver to the heart, has been given another chance to live a full and happy life by the doctors.
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Scientists discover essential blood-clotting factors in hemophilia B patie
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec. 4 (ANI): In a recent research presented at the 58th ASH Annual Meeting, scientists have reported the highest and most sustained levels of the essential blood-clotting factor in patients with the inherited bleeding disorder, hemophilia B.
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