Medically reviewed by Jennifer Schwartz, MD Key Takeaways Blood thinners help prevent blood clots during and after surgery.

Blood thinners are essential medications for managing and preventing serious health conditions, but many people know little about how they work or their impact. Whether you’ve been prescribed them or ...

I ask this question to every patient coming in for surgery. Oftentimes, the patient’s reply is, “What counts as a blood thinner?” Or they mistakenly start to tell me about their blood pressure ...

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 ...

The NIH has reported that many individuals with COVID-19 develop abnormal blood clots from high inflammation, which can lead to serious health complications and mortality. To find ways to decrease ...

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 ...

Do blood thinners compromise your immune system? Many medications available to us today are life changing, and even lifesaving. The benefits of these medications often have to be weighed against a ...

An ingredient in cinnamon may interact with certain blood thinners. Here's what you need to know about how anticoagulants interact with this spice.

Blood thinning drugs can reduce the risk of death in Covid-19 patients, a group of British and American researchers said in a paper Thursday, who have called for the commonly available drugs to be ...

The blood thinner may be to blame for the severity of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stroke, but his doctors should not be criticized for prescribing it, independent experts said Thursday.