A low-cost, widely available drug may offer new hope for patients with severe COVID-19. An international study led by the ...

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who inhaled heparin were half as likely to require ventilation and had a significantly ...

Inhaled heparin significantly lowers the risk of death and ventilation in COVID-19 patients while also showing potential ...

A widely available and affordable drug has been shown to be effective in treating seriously ill COVID-19 patients, according to a new international study led by researchers at the Australian National ...

Cheap, abundant man-made chemical compound is found in blood thinner. March 19, 2008 — -- Investigators believe they have discovered what's contaminating the blood-thinning medication heparin and ...

Heparin, the world's most widely used blood thinner, is used during procedures ranging from kidney dialysis to open heart surgery. Currently, heparin is derived from pig intestines, but scientists at ...

A meta-trial of randomized clinical studies conducted in 6 countries suggests that the use of inhaled heparin dramatically reduced the risk of intubation, death, and in-hospital death in hospitalized ...

Purpose. The performance of a weight-based dosing protocol for unfractionated heparin (UFH) infusions using antifactor Xa monitoring was evaluated. Methods. The first 50 patients to receive a UFH ...

A widely available and affordable drug has shown to be effective in treating seriously ill COVID-19 patients, according to a new study from The ...

A new study could change the treatment course for hundreds of thousands of patients, saving lives and preventing complications. Bivalirudin is a safer and more effective anticoagulant than heparin for ...

FDA announced on March 19 that in collaboration with academic labs it has identified a contaminant in heparin linked to severe allergic reactions to the drug. The contaminant is chondroitin sulfate ...

Makers of blood thinner suggest contamination of drug was deliberate. April 29, 2008— -- Dennis Staples, a radio announcer in Toledo, Ohio, slipped into a coma the day before his 60th birthday.