The cost of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), or alteplase, a clot-busting drug used to treat stroke patients, has doubled in the past decade, while reimbursement to hospitals for the use of tPA has ...

Ten years ago, a crucial study proved that a drug could limit the damage from one of nature's biggest train wrecks: a blood clot stuck inside the head. The drug, TPA, was so powerful at dissolving ...

Stroke victims treated with TPA were twice as likely to have a good outcome as those who were not. The Food and Drug Administration approved it for stroke the next year, and a move grew to treat ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. claiming the lives of more than 140,000 Americans each year. But many lives could be spared if treatment was given ...

Stroke victims treated with TPA were twice as likely to have a good outcome as those who were not. The Food and Drug Administration approved it for stroke the next year, and a move grew to treat ...

A new report details the case of a patient on the new experimental Alzheimer's drug, lecanemab, who died after experiencing numerous acute intracerebral hemorrhages during treatment with tissue ...

Stroke victims treated with TPA were twice as likely to have a good outcome as those who were not. The Food and Drug Administration approved it for stroke the next year, and a move grew to treat ...

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and a major cause of disability. If you get help soon enough, a special drug called TPA may save your life and prevent brain damage.

Adding either argatroban or eptifibatide to thrombolytic therapy doesn't improve function following an ischemic stroke, results of new research show. "Ultimately, we found no benefit for either ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Stroke, it’s the leading cause of death for Americans. Every 40 seconds someone will suffer from one. There are two types…ischemic and hemorrhagic. In an ...

Some smart person observed that when vampire bats feed on blood, chemicals in their saliva keep the blood of their prey thin to prevent the blood from clotting. Since most strokes are caused by blood ...