Anticoagulants, also known as blood thinners, help stop your blood from thickening, or clotting, when it’s not necessary. Find out more about the different types of anticoagulants.

Lupus anticoagulant tests measure if you have lupus anticoagulant antibodies in your blood. Learn about when this test is used and the possible results today.

What is lupus anticoagulant and what does its presence mean? Read on to learn more, including what lupus anticoagulant antibodies are and how to test for them.

Anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs, sometimes called blood thinners, help prevent blood clots. There are many options, including heparin and warfarin.

Current guidelines recommend anticoagulant therapy with vitamin K antagonists, such as warfarin, for just 3-6 months after bioprosthetic valve replacement, even for patients in sinus rhythm.

And then there were four. Late Thursday the FDA announced that it had approved edoxaban, the new oral anticoagulant manufactured by Daiichi Sankyo. The drug will be marketed under the brand name ...

Anticoagulant treatments are crucial for managing many conditions, such as heart disease, stroke and venous thrombosis. Current options, however, carry an inherent risk of serious bleeding due to ...

Anticoagulant treatments are crucial for managing many conditions, such as heart disease, stroke and venous thrombosis. Current options, however, carry an inherent risk of serious bleeding due to ...

A completely novel way to develop 'surpamolecules' for drug discovery could have application in immunotherapy as well as this breakthrough design for an anticoagulant with on-demand reversibility.

Researchers developed an experimental anticoagulant, or blood thinner, that blocks the activity of a protein involved in the formation of blood clots. The drug’s action can be rapidly reversed ...