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A Blood Clot is a mass of blood that forms when blood platelets, proteins, and cells stick together. When a blood clot is attached to the wall of a blood vessel, it is called a thrombus. When it moves through the bloodstream and blocks the flow of blood in another part of the body, it is called an embolus.

Updated clinical guidelines on Effient treatment for ACS patients

19. November 2009 06:53
Effient® (prasugrel) tablets, a new antiplatelet medicine, was added as a treatment option in two clinical guideline updates: one for patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and a second one for patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), or severe heart attack. [More]

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Novel device may reduce ischemic stroke damage

18. November 2009 00:47
Stroke researchers at the Methodist Neurological Institute in Houston are the only ones in Texas to offer a novel device that might extend the acute stroke treatment window from three hours to 24. [More]

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Migraine headaches linked with increased risk of common kind of stroke

16. November 2009 11:16
Pooling results from 21 studies, involving 622,381 men and women, researchers at Johns Hopkins have affirmed that migraine headaches are associated with more than twofold higher chances of the most common kind of stroke: those occurring when blood supply to the brain is suddenly cut off by the buildup of plaque or a blood clot. [More]

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Aspirin doses have beneficial effects for patients with heart diorders: Study

16. November 2009 05:36
On Sunday, November 15, 2009, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) researcher Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., the first Sir Richard Doll Research Professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science will present at the American Heart Association's Annual Scientific Sessions meeting in Orlando, FL, the first data in humans to show that all doses of aspirin used in clinical practice increase nitric oxide. [More]

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Military and VA struggle with mental health and other health care issues

10. November 2009 00:19
The events at Fort Hood highlight the military's struggle to provide mental health care for soldiers, veterans and the therapists who treat them. [More]

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Amgen publishes Phase 3 study results of Aranesp

31. October 2009 05:14
Amgen today announced the publication of results from TREAT (the Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events with Aranesp® Therapy), a large, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 3 pivotal study of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not on dialysis, moderate anemia and type-2 diabetes. [More]

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Recruitment of Phase II trial of TB-402 completed ahead of schedule

28. October 2009 03:36
ThromboGenics NV and co-development partner BioInvent International announce that they have completed recruitment of their Phase II trial of TB-402 ahead of schedule. [More]

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American Heart Association joins international organizations to fight the global threat of stroke

26. October 2009 08:09
During this year's observance of "World Stroke Day," Thursday, October 29, the American Heart Association and its division, the American Stroke Association, will join international organizations with a unified message about the global threat of stroke. [More]

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Low adiponectin levels may increase sepsis related complications

24. October 2009 00:56
A new Canadian study has found that lower-than-normal levels of a naturally-occurring fat hormone may increase the risk of death from sepsis-an overwhelming infection of the blood which claims thousands of lives each year. [More]

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Broadlane's partnership with CTC helps to deliver 24% average savings to its clients

21. October 2009 04:50
Broadlane has delivered an average savings of 24 percent to healthcare clients by partnering with Compression Therapy Concepts (CTC), a certified, small-business, woman-owned diversity supplier of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) prevention products. The relationship has also increased CTC’s market share within the Broadlane client base from less than 1 percent to approximately 60 percent. [More]

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Study finds lung scintigraphy more reliable than CTA for pulmonary embolism diagnosis in pregnant patients

21. October 2009 03:02
A medical imaging procedure known as lung scintigraphy may be more reliable than pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) for identifying or excluding pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnant patients, according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. [More]

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Physical therapists can promote early diagnosis of breast cancer-related lymphedema

19. October 2009 06:12
As breast cancer awareness month is observed during October, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is hoping to shine a spotlight on lymphedema, a chronic, debilitating and often irreversible side effect of cancer treatment. [More]

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Increase in adiponectin hormone levels protects against sepsis-related mortality

14. October 2009 02:54
A hormone naturally found in the fat that surrounds the abdominal organs for the first time has been linked to death related to sepsis, surgeons reported at the 2009 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. A study exhibited at the conference showed that low levels of the hormone adiponectin placed animals at a profoundly high risk of death from a septic insult. [More]

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Myocardial and neurological effects of Tβ4 presented

5. October 2009 03:51
REGENERX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC. today reported on the results of several important research programs with Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4) presented at the Second International Symposium on Thymosins in Health and Disease, in Catania, Italy. [More]

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Study finds an independent link between self-perceived psychological stress and stroke

3. October 2009 07:51
Many patients urgently admitted to hospital with cerebral infarction state that they were under great stress over a prolonged period prior to suffering their stroke, is shown in a unique patient study conducted in cooperation between the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden. [More]

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