Hematology

In this year’s CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author Lawrence Hill offers a provocative examination of the scientific and social history of blood, and on the ways that it unites and divides us today.

Blood runs red through every person’s arteries and fulfills the same functions in every human being. However, as much as the study and use of blo …

Warfarin and related drugs have been used for over a half a century in the prevention and treatment of thrombotic disorders. Only recently, however, has their clinical role been firmly established by randomized studies and their benefit/risk ratio improved by lower dose therapy withimprovement in laboratory monitoring. Oral Anticoagulants is the fi …