thinners

In keeping with my theme on the misuse of technical words, I wrote about 'thinners' to illustrate the point about the erroneous addition of an 's' at the end of certain words.

TrinidadExpress Today's News Clément Imbert 2009

Together with previous positive studies involving two rival drugs, the results add to the evidence that warfarin's days as one of cardiology's go-to blood thinners are numbered.

Study Gives Lift to Drug That Cuts Stroke Risk Ron Winslow 2011

The valves may grow with the child, and blood-thinners aren't required.

Aortic Regurgitation 2009

This valve may grow with the child and blood-thinners are not required.

Pulmonary Stenosis 2009

Blood thinners: Use of the widely prescribed anticoagulant warfarin doubles a patient's risk of dying or suffering complications following an injury, according to a study in Archives of Surgery.

Getting Closer to the Root of What Causes Baldness Ann Lukits 2011

Pradaxa, a twice-a-day treatment from Boehringer Ingleheim GmbH, was approved late last year, making it the first among several new blood thinners on the market.

Study Gives Lift to Drug That Cuts Stroke Risk Ron Winslow 2011

Blood thinners in the stroke-prevention indication are estimated to have a market potential of around $14 billion by 2017, with an estimated 4.5 billion patients affected by the problem world-wide.

EU Backs Bayer's Blood Thinner Natascha Divac 2011

A drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer significantly outperformed warfarin in a major stroke-prevention study, boosting the drug's prospects in an emerging multibillion market for new blood thinners.

What's News 2011

Older blood thinners, including warfarin, work by preventing platelets from sticking together.

FDA staff recommends against J&J clotting drug 2011

A drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Pfizer Inc. significantly outperformed warfarin in a major stroke-prevention study, boosting the drug's prospects in an emerging multibillion market for new blood thinners.

Study Gives Lift to Drug That Cuts Stroke Risk Ron Winslow 2011