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Platelets
Platelets: tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding. If one of your blood vessels gets damaged, it sends out signals to the platelets. The platelets then rush to the site of damage and they form a plug (clot) to fix the damage.
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Cancer
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...
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Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2017
Cardiology
Drugs like aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), and naproxen (Aleve), all have one thing in common - other than th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
New work by researchers in Denmark has suggested that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, commonly used ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2017
Cancer
Aspirin, the ultra-cheap drug that’s ubiquitous in nearly everyone’s medicine cabinet, has a long been impli
...
DEC 16, 2016
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...
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Clinical & Molecular DX
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Cardiology
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...
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Kara Marker
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...
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Carmen Leitch
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Jennifer Ellis
AUG 31, 2016
Immunology
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...
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Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
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...
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Kara Marker
JUL 30, 2016
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...
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...
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Cancer
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...
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Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
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MAY 24, 2016
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...
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...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
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...
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APR 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
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Cardiology
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...
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...