Packed with nutrition and versatility, kale, a non-starchy cruciferous vegetable, is often referred to as a superfood. That said, superfood is a marketing term (not scientific), and not one food ...

Leafy green vegetables are packed with nutrients such as fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants — but the verdant veggies can interfere with some medications, such as warfarin, used to prevent ...

Blood thinners, also known as anticoagulants, are medications that help prevent blood clots, reducing the risk of strokes, heart attacks, and deep vein thrombosis. They can be life-saving, especially ...

A newly approved drug thins the blood faster, more consistently, and more powerfully than the standard drug, which can fail to prevent deadly blood clots in patients after they undergo a common ...

When diagnosed with a blood clot or atrial fibrillation, patients are often prescribed anticoagulants, or blood thinners, to prevent a future clot. In a study of the three most commonly prescribed ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Patients taking blood thinners who were also prescribed statins had a lower risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, no matter what type of blood thinner was used, a ...

Millions of Americans take anticoagulants, commonly known as blood thinners. These medications work to prevent blood clots that cause heart attack and stroke. More than two-thirds of those people take ...

Adding blood thinners to clot-busting drugs does not improve outcomes for stroke patients, a new study claims. Doctors had hoped that combining the two types of medications would improve treatment of ...