http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. According to a new guideline from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) regarding the management of antithrombotic agents for endoscopy, aspirin and/or NSAIDs may be continued for all elective endoscopic procedures. When high-risk procedures are planned, clinicians may elect to discontinue aspirin and/or NSAIDs for five to seven days before the procedure, depending on the underlying indication for antiplatelet therapy. For patients on temporary anticoagulation therapy (e.g., warfarin for deep venous thrombosis), it is suggested that elective endoscopic procedures be deferred until antithrombotic therapy is completed. The guideline, "Management of antithrombotic agents for endoscopic procedures," was developed by ASGE's Standards of Practice Committee and appears in the December issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the ASGE. http://www.physorg.com/news179503330.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:10:03 EST news179503330 The risk of having a potentially fatal blood clot after surgery is higher and lasts for longer than had previously been thought, concludes new research published in the British Medical Journal today. http://www.physorg.com/news179134159.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:30:03 EST news179134159 A fortuitous discovery that grew out of a collaboration between UCLA engineers and physicians could potentially offer hope to the nearly 10 million Americans who suffer from peripheral arterial disease. http://www.physorg.com/news178392202.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:39:48 EST news178392202 Cell fragments called platelets are essential to promote blood clotting. Virginia Tech faculty members and students have discovered novel molecular interactions at the surface of platelets that control blood clotting. http://www.physorg.com/news178267111.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:39:45 EST news178267111 Catheter-directed therapy or catheter-directed thrombolysis -- an interventional radiology treatment that uses targeted image-guided drug delivery with specially designed catheters to dissolve dangerous blood clots in the lungs -- saves lives and should be considered a first-line treatment option for massive pulmonary embolism, note researchers in the November Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. http://www.physorg.com/news177155285.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:10:02 EST news177155285 Medications frequently given to cancer patients to reduce their risk of anemia are associated with an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, according to new research led by Dawn Hershman, M.D, M.S., co-director of the breast cancer program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. The findings will be published online on Nov. 10, 2009 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (ahead of the Dec. 2, 2009 print edition). http://www.physorg.com/news177097215.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:50:01 EST news177097215 Statins may provide potentially life-saving benefits for patients with cardiovascular disease by helping reduce the incidence of blood clots. New research presented at the 75th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), shows that patients with atherosclerosis receiving statin therapy had a significantly reduced risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) -a collective term for DVT (blood clot) and pulmonary embolism (PE) -than patients not on statin therapy. Furthermore, patients on a higher dose of statins had the least likelihood of developing VTE. http://www.physorg.com/news176478450.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:20:02 EST news176478450 The location of extra pounds appears to affect the risk of blood clots in middle-aged people, but affects men and women differently, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news175794590.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:50:59 EST news175794590 A report from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physicians calls into question the longstanding belief that pulmonary embolism (PE) - the life-threatening blockage of a major blood vessel in the lungs - is caused in trauma patients by a blood clot traveling from vessels deep within the legs or lower torso. In their study utilizing advanced imaging technologies, which appears in the October Archives of Surgery, the MGH investigators found no evidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in most trauma patients with pulmonary embolism. http://www.physorg.com/news175191494.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:40:03 EST news175191494 It is common practice to insert totally implantable venous access devices (TIVADs) in cancer patients beginning a course of chemotherapy to eliminate potential peripheral venous access problems; however, risk factors impacting the survival of TIVADs remain unclear. Further studies are needed to analyze the risk factors for failure of the TIVADs and correlate adverse events with risk factors. http://www.physorg.com/news175166576.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:23:41 EST news175166576 A new study recently published online by the American Heart Journal shows that more than half of all randomized clinical trials, or RCTs, for cardiovascular disease are not reporting vital information about the study populations race or ethnicity. NYU School of Medicine researchers found that out of the 156 cardiovascular disease RCTs analyzed, only 35% of trials reported any information on race or ethnicity between 1970 and 2006. From 2000 to 2006, 46% of trials included that information. http://www.physorg.com/news174660842.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:30:02 EST news174660842 Severe trauma patients requiring a major transfusion are twice as likely to die if they receive red blood cells stored for a month or longer, according to research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care. The increased rate of death was measured up to six months post transfusion which is consistent with previous reports in cardiac surgery patients. http://www.physorg.com/news172818735.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:30:02 EST news172818735 Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) is a serious condition that involves the formation of a blood clot inside of a deep vein usually in the legs. A patient with DVT is typically treated with anticoagulants (blood thinners) however researchers have found that image-guided interventional radiology procedures may play a more central role in the long-term treatment of DVT, according to a study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR). http://www.physorg.com/news172759072.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:10:01 EST news172759072 Protein S, a well-known anticoagulant protein, keeps the blood flowing in more than one way, discovered researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. The protein contributes to the formation and function of healthy blood vessels. http://www.physorg.com/news171050977.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:30:01 EST news171050977 Several large observational data sets have convincingly shown that there is no overall safety issue with drug eluting stents (DES) vs. bare metal stents (BMS). In fact, most registry studies suggest a lower risk of death or myocardial infarction with drug eluting stents. However, late occurring stent thrombosis still remains higher and seems to be uniquely associated with these stents. Late stent thrombosis is a rare but very serious event and all possible efforts should be made to avoid the complication by improving patient selection, optimizing the implantation technique and enhancing anti thrombotic treatment. With highly effective anti thrombotic treatments and novel drug eluting stent designs without potentially toxic polymers a clear reduction of death and myocardial infarction rates is highly probable. http://www.physorg.com/news170942176.html Medicine & Health Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:00:01 EST news170942176 E-mail, search engines, smart phones and other new technologies that can disseminate new medical information quickly led to an almost immediate change in clinical practice for drug-eluting stents, according to a study reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. http://www.physorg.com/news168017634.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:34:24 EST news168017634 The risk of developing deep vein thrombosis during a long flight is often overestimated. According to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), this condition is very unlikely in healthy travellers. http://www.physorg.com/news167568453.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:48:06 EST news167568453 About one-fourth of patients with superficial vein thrombosis -clotting in blood vessels close to the skin -also may have the life-threatening condition deep vein thrombosis, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Dermatology. http://www.physorg.com/news167326481.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:35:17 EST news167326481 A woman who ate a grapefruit each day almost had to have her leg amputated because of a dangerous blood clot, according to an unusual case study reported in the Lancet. http://www.physorg.com/news157918475.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:16:35 EST news157918475 Children and siblings of those with venous thrombosis, or blood clots in the veins, appear to have more than double the risk of developing the condition than those without a family history, according to a report in the March 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news157044991.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:37:00 EST news157044991 A study published today online in The Lancet (March 13, 2009) presented two year data for the bioabsorbable everolimus coronary stent. Commenting on the results, interventional cardiology specialist, Professor Franz Eberli from the University Hospital Zurich (Switzerland) and official spokesperson for the European Society of Cardiology, said: http://www.physorg.com/news156168819.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:14:30 EST news156168819 (PhysOrg.com) -- The European Society of Cardiology, (ESC) the preeminent authority on cardiovascular health re-affirms its warning to passengers on long-haul plane trips of the risk of deep venous thrombosis or VTE. The warning from ESC comes on the heels of a recent review by The Lancet which suggests that the risk of VTE increases when flight duration exceeds four hours. http://www.physorg.com/news154872228.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:04:33 EST news154872228 People with migraines may also be more likely to develop blood clots in their veins, according to a study published in the September 16, 2008, issue of Neurology the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news140713345.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:02:25 EST news140713345 Being male increases your risk of diseases caused by the inappropriate formation of a blood clot (a process known as thrombosis), such as heart attack and stroke, but the reasons for this are not completely understood. However, Ethan Weiss and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, have used a mouse model of thrombosis to shed new light on this matter. http://www.physorg.com/news134968399.html Medicine & Health Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:13:19 EST news134968399