Incidents of heart attack and stroke, some fatal, in a small number of men taking the drug Viagra have remained a puzzle. After all, Viagra, commonly prescribed for erectile dysfunction, was ...

A once-daily pill of low-dose aspirin helps lower the potential for clot-forming blood cells -- in both men and women -- to stick together in narrow blood vessels, a study from Johns Hopkins shows. A ...

A 34-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 2) at 16 weeks’ gestation was found to have platelets unable to be quantified because of clumping on routine prenatal blood work, with a visual estimate of 40 ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have found a way to observe clotting activity in blood as it happens—without needing invasive procedures. Using a new type of microscope and artificial ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have found a way to observe clotting activity in blood as it happens — without needing invasive procedures. Using a new type of microscope and artificial ...

Existing clot busters have one major drawback: They prevent heart attack by indiscriminately blocking platelet function, thereby increasing the risk of uncontrolled bleeding. Now, a research team led ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have found a way to observe clotting activity in blood as it happens - without needing invasive procedures. Using a new type of microscope and artificial ...

A cell protein called TRPM7 presumably plays an important dual role in clumping of platelets during blood clotting. Scientists from the Rudolf Virchow Center and the Hospital of the University of ...

Platelets are tiny, cell-like components in the blood that aggregate to form clots. They’re indispensable for closing wounds, but after injury caused by atherosclerosis in an artery, their automatic ...