Approximately 40% of adolescent women experience heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), and 10–62% of them have an underlying bleeding disorder (BD). Diagnosing a BD remains challenging because of ...

A major factor in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated mortality is the development of coagulation abnormalities that may result in thromboembolism. Human platelets have been found by ...

When cancer cells and platelets mix, the risk of metastasis and cancer-related deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) increases, but a small, proof-of-concept study suggests that the ...

A recently described hemorrhagic disorder characterized by defective platelet aggregation induced by collagen and epinephrine appears to be caused, in part, by the same abnormality induced by aspirin ...

The first study to examine the effects of whole-chocolate consumption on ex vivo platelet function has shown that dark chocolate acutely reduces collagen-stimulated platelet aggregation and reduces ...

Chicago, IL - Researchers at the University of Illinois say they have uncovered a mechanism of platelet activation that overturns a decades-old assumption and may explain why a small proportion of men ...

Moderate alcohol consumption is believed to reduce mortality from cardiovascular disease. Binge drinking, on the other hand, is known to increase mortality from all causes. Recent findings indicate ...

The papaya or pawpaw (Carica papaya) is a tropical fruit, which has been consistently associated with numerous medicinal properties. One of the most important of these claims is the ability of papaya ...