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Warfarin
Warfarin is the main oral anticoagulant used in the UK. Oral means it's taken by mouth. Warfarin blocks one of the enzymes (proteins) that uses vitamin K to produce clotting factors. Warfarin is taken by those who have a blood clot, and it is used to thin their blood.
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NOV 09, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
While the Neandertals have gone extinct, their DNA still lingers in the genome of modern humans, where it can help or ha
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
AUG 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have known that vitamin K has antioxidant properties, but the mechanism behind that function remained obscur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Warfarin is an anti-coagulant prescribed to people with various heart conditions and those who have experienced or
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 16, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Despite the growing popularity of cannabis products, information is currently limited on how they may interact with othe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 29, 2018
Cardiology
A specific drug is the best to prescribe to people with both an irregular heartbeat and kidney failure. This population
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 20, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
When Professor Karl-Paul Link of University of Wisconsin was helping ranchers to solve the mystery behind dying cattle b
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 01, 2017
Cardiology
The idea that aspirin, prescribed as a blood-thinning drug, may be dangerous for people with heart failure isn’t n
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 18, 2017
Videos
Sure, the color of our urine changes slightly all of the time because of a number of factors, like how much sweating you
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2017
Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is the most common form of heart arrhythmia, and doctors treating this condition are primaril
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2016
Cardiology
Treating patients on anticoagulants who also suffer a major bleeding event gives many doctors pause. A new study aims to
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 06, 2016
Cardiology
Warfarin is a blood-thinning drug that requires continuous blood tests to ensure its efficacy and safety, and there are
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 30, 2016
Neuroscience
Patients who have experienced certain cardiac conditions or blood clots often are placed on blood thinners to avoid furt
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 10, 2016
Cardiology
This year in the tenth edition of guidelines for venous thromboembolism (VTE) treatment, published in Chest, 53 updated
...
Written By:
Kara Marker