WASHINGTON -- A tiny corkscrew-like device to remove blood clots from the brains of stroke victims won government approval Monday, giving doctors a new treatment option that could save lives and shave ...

LITTLE ROCK A new device developed by a physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences{}and a researcher at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock{}could soon be available to treat ...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Like pouring Drano directly on a clog, doctors dramatically improved stroke survival by dripping a clot-dissolving drug right onto a blockage choking off the brain's blood supply.

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery ...

Researchers have developed a novel device that literally spins away the clots that block blood flow to the brain and cause strokes. As Stanford explains in a blurb, the novel milli-spinner device may ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Using small nets to extract blood clots from patients' brains may be the future of stroke ...

Not all patients with blood clots in their legs – a condition known as deep vein thrombosis – need to receive powerful but risky clot-busting drugs, according to results of a large-scale, multicenter ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5, 2025 — Removing a clot blocking a medium- or small-sized artery in the brain mechanically is a safe treatment for a common type of stroke; however, it did not lessen disability ...

In a randomized clinical trial in China, giving the clot-busting medication alteplase up to 24 hours after stroke symptoms first appeared increased the odds of better recovery by 50% compared to those ...

Using small nets to extract blood clots from patients' brains may be the future of stroke care, according to two studies. Clots block blood vessels, starving parts of the brain of oxygen, which leads ...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Like pouring Drano directly on a clog, doctors dramatically improved stroke survival by dripping a clot-dissolving drug right onto a blockage choking off the brain’s blood supply.