News tagged with thrombosis
The risk of developing deep vein thrombosis during a flight is often overestimated
Jul 23, 2009 |
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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.
Clotting in veins close to skin may be associated with more dangerous deep-vein blood clots
Jul 20, 2009 |
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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 ...
Grapefruit diet almost cost woman her leg
Apr 02, 2009 |
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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.
Family history associated with increased risk of blood clots
Mar 23, 2009 |
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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 ...
Bioabsorbable stents show promise
Mar 13, 2009 |
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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 ...
Long Distant Air Flights Increases Risk of Deep Venous Thrombosis 4X
Feb 26, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Migraine linked to blood clots in veins
Sep 15, 2008 |
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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.
Why men are more at risk of diseases caused by blood clots than women
Jul 11, 2008 |
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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, ...
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