But there is a hitch: antiplatelet blood thinners increase the chance of hemorrhages—and prasugrel seems to raise that risk more than the approved dose of clopidogrel. Indeed, the package insert ...

Blood thinners appear to increase the survival rate of coronavirus-infected patients by up to 50%, according to an observational study by a team of Mount Sinai researchers in New York.

To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up here, opens new tab) Patients with a common heart rhythm disorder who took an experimental blood-thinning drug had far fewer bleeding ...

A new international study reveals that therapeutic doses of the common blood thinner heparin could significantly improve the survival rate of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. The comprehensive ...