Showing posts with label warfarin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label warfarin. Show all posts
Monday, August 31, 2009

New drug 'spectacular' at preventing strokes: study

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From the Montreal Gazette: For the first time since the blood thinner warfarin was introduced more than half a century ago, Canadian researc...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Automated calls help patients taking blood thinners

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From CBC News: Hearing a human say blood-thinner doses are correct may be reassuring, but an automated system can be equally effective for s...
Wednesday, April 01, 2009

it's in the blood: the story of vitamin k

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From the Montreal Gazette: The chickens were hemorrhaging but Henrik Dam, a young biochemist at the University of Copenhagen couldn't fi...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control

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From the Washington Post: While the anticoagulant warfarin can be highly effective in preventing strokes and treating venous thromboembolism...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

New Remedies to Treat Blood Clots Are Near

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From the Wall Street Journal: Several big drug makers are in a neck-and-neck race to introduce new drugs for treating blood clots, which can...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Warfarin underused by patients at risk for stroke

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This study comes as no surprise to anyone who has worked in an anticoagulation clinic. There are far too many people in the community not b...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Doctors hopeful easier blood thinners are nearing

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From the Associated Press: A trio of experimental drugs has doctors hopeful that for the first time in decades, millions of people at risk o...
Monday, June 30, 2008

New Thromboembolic Guidelines May Spark Controversy

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From Medpage Today: Most of the recommendations in the eighth edition of antithrombotic guidelines from the American College of Chest Physi...
Thursday, November 08, 2007

Bayer plans largest-ever study for blood-clot drug

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From Reuters: Bayer is planning a late-stage study for its promising blood-clot drug rivaroxaban for hospitalised patients with internal dis...
Sunday, September 09, 2007

Dutch stroke study urges greater anticoagulant use

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From Reuters: Dutch doctors called on Sunday for greater use of oral anticoagulants to prevent strokes in people with a common heart arrhyth...
Monday, August 20, 2007

U.S. orders genetic data on blood-thinner risks

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From Reuters: Widely used blood thinner warfarin will come with new instructions explaining that people with certain genes may need a lower ...
Thursday, August 16, 2007

Genetic testing cited for blood thinner

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From the Williston (NDak) Herald News Daily: Federal health officials are stopping short of recommending genetic tests for patients on the b...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Cancer patients at risk for dangerous drug interactions: study

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This article has a few good points, including some good advice for patients: Ms. Kwong advises patients to: —Always carry an up-to-date list...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

New clot drugs beckon as replacements for warfarin

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From Reuters: A new crop of medicines to prevent stroke and blood clots could emerge within several years, easing dangers and hardships for ...