Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO Key Takeaways Blood clotting disorders can be inherited or acquired and lead to either excessive bleeding or too much clotting. Hypercoagulable disorders can ...

The FDA approved the enzyme replacement therapy Adzynma for the prophylactic or on-demand treatment of adults and pediatric patients with congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare blood ...

Superwarfarins represent a class of long‐acting anticoagulant rodenticides that exert their effect through profound inhibition of vitamin K recycling, primarily by targeting vitamin K epoxide ...

A potentially fatal disorder which causes blood clotting has been linked to a common cold, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. The team found a ...

Blood has many functions and circulates throughout your body. As a result, problems with it can affect you in many ways. Some of those problems can stem from a blood disorder. These disorders can ...

To help diagnose von Willebrand disease or other bleeding disorders, a doctor will request various blood tests. These tests will measure the presence and activity of certain substances in the blood.

CHAPEL HIL – Platelets, or thrombocytes, are specialized cellular fragments that form blood clots when we get scrapes and traumatic injuries. Viral infections, autoimmune disease, and other conditions ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it has approved Novo Nordisk's drug Tretten to prevent bleeding in patients with a rare blood clotting disorder. Patients with ...

A life-threatening blood clotting disorder may be caused by the common infection adenovirus, according to researchers at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC School of Medicine. Stephan Moll, MD, and Jacquelyn ...

NovoSeven RT is a prescription drug used to treat certain blood clotting disorders, including hemophilia. The drug is given as an intravenous (IV) infusion, which is an injection into a vein over a ...

A Weatherford mother was hospitalized with what she calls a medical mystery. Krystal Gayer says she has a rare blood clotting disorder her doctors can’t explain. Gayer spent a month in an Oklahoma ...