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Related terms: Coagulopathy, Consumption coagulopathy, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC), DIC

Severe Bleeding After Delivery Linked To Long-Term Heart Health Problems

MONDAY, June 30, 2025 — The health of women who experience severe bleeding after giving birth can remain in peril for up to 15 years afterward, a major new evidence review says. Women who survive p...

Bleeding Risks for Oral Anticoagulants and Aspirin Mostly Similar

TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 – Rates of major bleeding and intracranial hemorrhage are similar for apixaban and dabigatran versus aspirin, while rates are higher for rivaroxaban, according to a review...

Outbreak of Ebola-Like Marburg Virus in Rwanda Has Killed 8 People

TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2024 – A rare, highly contagious Ebola-like virus has claimed eight lives in Rwanda, and U.S. health officials are closely monitoring the outbreak. Marburg virus causes a rare...

Pomalidomide Efficacious in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2024 – For patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), pomalidomide yields a significant reduction in epistaxis severity, according to a study published in the Sept....

Red Cross Issues Blood Shortage Alert as Summer Heat Cuts Donations

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 – This summer's blistering temperatures have helped prompt an emergency blood shortage, the American Red Cross has warned. Heat waves affected almost 100 blood drives last ...

FDA Approves Kcentra for the Urgent Reversal of Anticoagulation in Adults with Major Bleeding

April 29, 2013 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Kcentra (Prothrombin Complex Concentrate, Human) for the urgent reversal of vitamin K antagonist (VKA) anticoagulation in adults...

FDA Approves Corifact to Prevent Bleeding in People With Rare Genetic Defect

SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Corifact, the first product intended to prevent bleeding in people with the rare...

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