Background Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKis) are emerging therapies for SLE, but concerns regarding thromboembolic risk persist ...

Mumbai: For years, cancer patients at Tata Memorial Hospital had been consuming papaya leaf extract during chemotherapy ...

Tata Memorial's study finds papaya leaf extract a low-cost, effective remedy for chemotherapy-induced low platelet counts, ...

Retrospective single-center review of 80 HFrEF patients added SGLT2 inhibitors on stable guideline-directed therapy, with ...

A low platelet count can increase bleeding risk. Learn the common causes of thrombocytopenia, from infections and medications to autoimmune disorders and underlying health conditions. TheHealthSite.co ...

What Is Doptelet, and Why Does It Matter? Doptelet (avatrombopag) is a prescription medicine that helps the body make more platelets (cells that help stop bleeding). First approved in 2018 for adults, ...

Riley Risden depended on blood and platelet transfusions when she was fighting leukemia. She's hosting a blood drive to help ...

Platelets are circulating cell fragments known to clump up and form blood clots that stop bleeding in injured vessels. Cardiologists have long known that platelets can become "hyperreactive" to cause ...

Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a type of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), a rare blood disorder that causes an increase in the number of blood cells. Some symptoms include headaches, dizziness, ...

More than half of patients in a Phase III clinical trial who received a limited course of the experimental monoclonal antibody ianalumab for primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), an autoimmune ...