(Source: Nattopharma ASA) DOACs are beneficial without promoting unwanted calcification. OSLO, NORWAY and METUCHEN, NJ (November 18 2015) - Nutrients, an international, peer-reviewed, open journal for studies related to Human Nutrition, recently published a review1 from Maastricht University (the Netherlands) that updates on oral anticoagulant (OAC) treatment with a special focus on calcification of the vasculature and the role of vitamin K. Most importantly, the review includes recently developed alternative anticoagulant drugs - called direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) - which researchers deem a safer alternative as they do not pose the negative side effects that typically accompany OACs....