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Sharks’ Ortmeyer Keeps Playing Despite Risk of Blood Clots
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 days ago
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Ortmeyer, a 31-year-old San Jose Sharks forward , has a disorder that makes his blood prone to clotting. He must administer daily injections of an anticoagulant, which helps the problem but increases his chances of serious internal and external bleeding...
Tags: Jake Ortmeyer, Dr. Nicholas J. Morrissey, Rangers, blood clots, San Jose Sharks, New York City, Morrissey, Pulmonary embolism, Tom Renney, Thrombus, Jed Ortmeyer, Hematology, Steven McDonald, Embolism, allnews
Heart-Healthy
Here are some simple recommendations for you to try: Go fish-at least twice a week.Omega-3 fatty acids in fish such as salmon and sardines lower triglycerides.They may also reduce the risk of blood clots,prevent arrhythmias(irregular heart-beats),squelch...
Tags: healthy, heart, fish, blood clots, salmon, inflammation, acids, lower blood pressure, Omega-3 fatty acid, Sardine, Fish products, Fatty acids, health
FDA approves new drug for heavy menstrual bleeding
San Luis Obispo :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility The Food and Drug Administration says Lysteda tablets reduce bleeding by acting on a protein that helps blood clot. The drug is made by Newport, Ky.-based Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals. The main ingredient in the drug was first approved in 1986 as an injection...
Tags: menstrual bleeding, FDA, blood clots, heavy menstrual, San Luis Obispo, Food and Drug Administration, Norplant, NuvaRing, Hormonal contraception, Haemophilia, Bleeding, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Cadaver Womb Gives Infertile Couples Hope
How desperate are you to have a baby? There are 7.3 million women in the US between 15 and 44 years of age that have the impaired ability to get pregnant, that’s roughly 11.8 % of the population. The number of married women ages 15-44 that are infertile...
Tags: orphaned children, Africa, chairity, donation, conceive, inabaility to conceive, infertility, adoption, surrogacy, uterus, womb, donated uterus, donated organ, donated organs, disability, health, health news, national news, world news, drought, birth defects, still birth, still born, adopting, transplant, in vitro fertilization, childbirth and parenthood, embryos, surgery, Hammersmith Hospital, West London, blood clots, medical insurance, preganncy, famine, sex
Breast cancer drugs raise blood clot risk
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Drugs used to lower the risk of breast cancer in women have the side effect of increasing the likelihood of blood clots, researchers in Oregon say. The study, published in the current issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, examined the effects of tamoxifen,...
Tags: breast cancer, stem cells, cancer stem, diabetes drug, blood clots, cancer drug, Chicago
Study shows experimental drug cuts stroke risk
Barcelona :: Spain | 2 months ago
Credibility Patients taking the new drug dabigatran etexilate, made by German pharmaceutical Boehringer Ingelheim, also were slightly more likely to have heart attacks or stomach pain, according to the research presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting...
Tags: heart attack, taking aspirin, blood clots, Brilinta, blood thinners, prevents blood, experimental drug
Many Women 'Not On Safest Pill Brands'
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 3 months ago
Credibility UK, Friday August 14, 2009 Many women may be putting their health at risk by not using the safest brands of the Pill, according to new medical research. Some brands of the contraceptive pill pose greater health risks Some brands of oral contraceptive...
Tags: blood clots, contraceptive pills, oral contraceptive, safest brand, risk differences, deep vein, vein thrombosis, developing blood
Reuters, UK: Safer CT scan can identify appendicitis
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility Doctors could soon be diagnosing appendicitis with a computed tomography (CT) technique that uses only half the radiation dose of current methods. According to a statement from researchers who have been comparing the two approaches, the standard procedure...
Tags: blood clots
Superficial blood clots may cause deep vein thrombosis: Study
Beijing :: China | 4 months ago
Credibility July 21 (Xinhuanet)- About one-fourth of patients with superficial blood clots may be at greater risk for life-threatening deep vein thrombosis, according to a new study. Austrian researchers said Monday, "varicose veins, thrombophilia (a disorder...
Tags: vein thrombosis, blood clots, superficial vein, deep vein, varicose vein
Blood clots risk up significantly with long travel
Beijing :: China | 4 months ago
Credibility A review of past research confirm that a long-distance travel could significantly increase the risk for developing blood clots in people's legs, according to media reports Tuesday. The researchers analyzed 14 previous studies and found out that the...
Tags: blood clots, previous study, nearly triples, triples risk
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