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Long-Haul Flights, Length Of Time Under Anesthesia Increase Risk Of Developing Blood Clots
June 20, 2005 — The prolonged immobility of flight passengers during long-haul air travel increases the risk of developing blood clots, which could prove fatal especially to people whose travel occurs just prior to ... > full story -
Flight Stockings Significantly Reduce DVT Risk, Says Research Review
June 15, 2005 — People who don't wear graduated compression stockings when they fly are more than 12 times more likely to develop Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) than those who do, according to a research review ... > full story -
Gene Variants Predict Bleeding After Heart Surgery
May 4, 2005 — Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that the presence of specific variants of genes that control clotting and the contractility, or "tone," of blood vessels can double the ... > full story -
Research Urgently Needed To Treat Blood Clots In Children
April 15, 2005 — Potentially deadly blood clots are being missed in children, and more research and awareness is needed in the medical community, according to a researcher from the University of ... > full story -
Birthing A New Model Of Aspirin Therapy In Preeclampsia
March 25, 2005 — Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder that occurs during pregnancy and can be detrimental to the health of the developing fetus and the mother. Low-dose aspirin therapy has been used to treat ... > full story -
Pregnancy Complications Related To Low Levels Of Anti–Clotting Proteins
March 25, 2005 — Recurrent miscarriage, stillbirth, preeclampsia, poor fetal growth, preterm delivery and bleeding in pregnancy are influenced by low levels of the anti–clotting proteins Z and S, Yale School of ... > full story -
Air Pollution Thickens The Blood, Study Shows
February 23, 2005 — Air pollution, and especially particulate matter, thickens the blood and boosts inflammation, finds experimental research in Occupational and Environmental ... > full story -
Clot-Busting Drugs May Help Detect Potentially
February 18, 2005 — A possible diagnostic use for clot-dissolving drugs such as tPA has been found by Medical College of Georgia researchers working to improve a test that identifies potentially deadly blood clots in ... > full story -
New Stroke-Prevention Drug Unlikely To Be Cost-Effective Except In Patients At High Risk Of Bleeding
February 12, 2005 — A new study has shown a stroke-prevention drug designed to be an improvement over prior treatments is less cost-effective for most patients than warfarin, the blood thinner with a 50-year history of ... > full story -
Patients With Cancer Have Highly Increased Risk For Blood Clots
February 12, 2005 — Patients with cancer have a 7-fold increased risk for blood clots in the legs or lungs (venous thrombosis), according to a study in the February 9 issue of ... > full story
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