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Hip replacement (also known as total hip replacement or total hip arthroplasty) is a surgical procedure that is performed to ...

A medical device company developing technology to improve outcomes for stroke patients will begin enrollment for a new ...

Picture Colin Keegan, Collins, Dublin. The court heard that the victim later required surgery to remove a large blood clot ...

A high platelet count indicates too many of the small cells (platelets) that help form blood clots. This can cause dangerous clots and bleeding. Also called thrombocytosis or thrombocythemia, ...

Alex Cobb, who signed a one-year, $15 million deal with Detroit, said he got caught up in the Tigers’ odds-busting run last ...

A hematocrit test measures the ratio of RBCs in your blood. Platelets are small cells that circulate in the blood and form blood clots that allow wounds to heal and prevent excessive bleeding.

Removing 10 per cent of a patient's blood before major liver surgery and giving it back afterwards reduced transfusions by half, according to a large clinical trial published in The Lancet ...