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Blood-Thinner No Help for Dialysis Treatment Say Researchers at Boston University

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Posted: Tue., May 13, 2008, 02:44 pm
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Topics: Blood Clotting, Blood-Thinner, Dialysis Treatment, Kidney Patients, Plavix, Research, Treatments - Traditional, EmpowHer News
     

By Ed Edelson
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- A major trial has dashed the hope that the clot-preventing drug Plavix could help in the delicate balancing act needed to establish a blood vessel suitable for dialysis for kidney patients.
     
     
     
     
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Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant

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Posted: Fri., March 14, 2008, 02:20 pm
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Topics: Blood-Thinner, Chinese Plant, Heparin, Research, EmpowHer News
     

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- The contaminant found in the blood-thinner heparin, which has been linked to hundreds of allergic reactions and possibly 19 deaths in the United States, has been traced to a Chinese plant that processed raw ingredients for the drug, U.S. health officials said Friday.
     
     
     
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