An international clinical study led by the Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern, and the University of Bern has shown that anticoagulation (blood thinning) can be started earlier in people with a stroke and atrial fibrillation ...
May 25, 2023
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(HealthDay)—Seniors with a fractured hip need surgery as soon as possible or they could suffer life-threatening complications, a new Canadian study concludes.
Nov 28, 2017
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If patients with clot-caused strokes obtain medical care more than 4½ hours after their symptoms are noticed, it is too late to receive the standard clot-busting medication alteplase. However, in this study from China, ...
Feb 10, 2022
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A McMaster University-led study has teased out the reason for blood clots caused by COVID-19, a serious potential complication of the virus.
Mar 31, 2021
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Take breaks when binge-watching TV to avoid blood clots, say scientists. The warning comes as a study reports that watching TV for four hours a day or more is associated with a 35 percent higher risk of blood clots compared ...
Jan 20, 2022
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Blood clotting in veins, a disorder called venous thromboembolism (VTE), is a common vascular disease like heart attack and stroke, but hasn't been as well studied. Genetics are known to be involved, but only about a dozen ...
Nov 4, 2019
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Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have identified how biological pacemaker cells—cells that control your heartbeat—can "fight back" against therapies to biologically correct abnormal heartbeat ...
Dec 20, 2022
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One test of both the power and hunger of any individual or organization is the ability to master any and every new, sufficiently advanced technological opportunity that urgently presents itself to the world at large. For ...
People with low levels of vitamin K in their blood are more likely to have poor lung function and to say they suffer with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and wheezing, according to a study published in ...
Aug 9, 2023
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The rare condition, known as vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT), is characterized by a blockage of veins and a marked reduction of platelets, which are an important part of the blood clotting system. ...
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