An curved arrow pointing right. WoundClot is a bandage its makers say can stop and clot almost any wound. It's already being used by the Israeli military and hospitals to treat patients with large ...

A recent study from National Taiwan University Hospital shows that apixaban, a blood-thinning medication, can help prevent ...

Blood clots can be lifesaving when they stop bleeding caused by a cut or injury. But they can be deadly if they form when and where they aren't needed. That's why the news in late December 2012 ...

Can blood clots be treated? The main treatment is blood thinners. “Blood thinners stop the clot from any getting bigger and allow the body to naturally heal,” says Hunt. “If someone’s had ...

Researchers, using 160 study participants, human blood samples, and mice, found that intermittent fasting appears to help stop platelet activation and clot formation. The results suggest that it ...

Until recently, researchers believed that platelet spreading and clot contraction were controlled by the same pathway. However a recent study from Thomas Jefferson University researchers challenges ...

Patients with active cancer who developed a blood clot, or venous thromboembolism (VTE), and were treated with blood-thinning medication for at least six months, followed by an additional 12 months of ...

When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread out to stop the blood from leaking out. Once enough layers of platelets ...