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Gujarat Govt provides free Haemophilia treatment: Over 11,000 injections
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Haemophilia, a rare hereditary blood disorder that prevents proper blood clotting, affects millions globally and as there is no permanent cure for this, timely treatment is crucial to manage the condition.
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Supreme Court rejects plea alleging side effects of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a petition alleging that COVID-19 vaccines had side-effects such as blood clotting.
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MGM Healthcare Performs India's 1st Life-Saving Brain Bypass Surgery Evadi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 20: MGM Healthcare, a multispecialty quaternary care hospital in the heart of Chennai, today announced the successful completion of brain bypass surgery on a 59-year-old NRI from Bahrain. The surgery was performed by Dr. Roopesh Kumar, Director of Neurosur
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Imported human eggs for fertility treatment found to carry Hemophilia B
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Hemophilia B, also known as Christmas disease, is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by a lack of blood clotting factor IX.
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Study links common cold virus to potentially fatal blood clotting disorder
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Thrombocytes, another name for platelets, are specialised cellular fragments that form blood clots in the event of a scrape or traumatic injury. Thrombocytopenia, is a condition recognised as decreased platelet levels throughout the body as a result of viral infections, autoimmune disease
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Common cold virus linked to potentially lethal blood clotting disorder: St
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are specialised cellular fragments that produce blood clots in the event of a scrape or traumatic injury. Platelet levels may decrease throughout the body as a result of viral infections, autoimmune disease, and other disorders, a condition known as thr
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Chennai: Police head constable alleges 'medical negligence' after minor da
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
He alleged that due to the wrong diagnosis made by the doctor and the wrong treatment, her legs turned black and resulting in severe blood clotting.
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Study: Lab results don't always paint full picture for antiphospholipid sy
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Patients with Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS0, an autoimmune disease that preferentially affects women, are typically given different medications to reduce their risk of blood clotting and help normalize lab values such as platelet count. Despite this, patients sometimes internally feel that
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Researchers find drug effective to treat autoimmune blood disorder
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to research, patients taking efgartigimod, a medication being tested for use in the treatment of chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), showed a significantly greater improvement in platelet counts, which are necessary for clotting and stopping bleeding, compared to those t
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Researchers imbue cells with pathway to make own drugs
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Chemists find a rare genetic pathway that helps mammalian cells become drug factories or sensors by synthesizing noncanonical amino acids. The clues came from an uncommon bird.
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Study: Vitamin K has a novel function in the prevention of cell death
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Researchers report on a novel function of vitamin K, which is generally known for its importance in blood clotting. The researchers discovered that the fully reduced form of vitamin K acts as an antioxidant efficiently inhibiting ferroptotic cell death.
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Smartphone app can detect how well blood clots with a single drop of it, f
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): Blood clots form naturally as a way to stop bleeding when someone is injured. A team of researchers at the University of Washington developed a new blood-clotting test that used only a single drop of blood and a smartphone vibration motor and camera. The s
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