Health
What happens to your body on a long-haul flight?
If crowded airports are a sign, Australians are keen to get back into the skies. And if you're flying long haul, in a few years you could have an even longer option.
Jan 5, 2023
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News tagged with compression stockings
Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Runners gain no advantage from compression stockings: Study
Compression stockings are popular among runners, but there is no scientific evidence that they actually enhance exercise performance. On the contrary, muscle oxygenation in the stocking wearer's lower leg during running is ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could leg pain be due to varicose veins?
Patients experiencing an achy, heavy feeling or a burning sensation in their legs may be feeling the symptoms of varicose veins. These twisted, enlarged veins often develop as people age, but they also can begin when people ...
May 5, 2022
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Surgery
Compression stockings might not be needed to prevent blood clots after surgery
Compression stockings might be unnecessary to prevent blood clots in most patients undergoing non-emergency (elective) surgery, finds a clinical trial published by The BMJ today.
May 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Compression garments can ease lymphedema. Covering costs? Not so easy
Every morning, Britta Vander Linden dons compression stockings, a cumbersome process she calls "putting on my legs."
Oct 30, 2019
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Performance enhancer: Sports compression stockings a winning advantage
A scientist from James Cook University in Australia has found sports compression stockings are so effective they might be considered performance enhancers for soccer players.
Dec 20, 2018
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Cardiology
Immediate compression could help prevent complications after deep-vein thrombosis
People with deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) can substantially cut their risk of potentially debilitating complications by starting adequate compression therapy in the first twenty-four hours of DVT therapy (known as the acute ...
Sep 20, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Early treatment for leg ulcers gets patients back on their feet
Treating leg ulcers within two weeks by closing faulty veins improves healing by 12 per cent compared to standard treatment, according to new findings.
Apr 24, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Treatment of varicose veins
"Varicose veins" is a term commonly used to describe visible leg veins. But true varicose veins are dilated and very prominent. Small varicose veins may not be a problem, but as varicose veins worsen they become distended ...
Dec 6, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study examines whether compression stockings can prevent post-thrombotic syndrome
Deep vein thrombosis occurs when a blood clot forms in a vein, often in the deep veins of the legs, thigh or pelvis. Approximately half of people with this problem will develop post thrombotic syndrome—a condition marked ...
May 5, 2016
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