(HealthDay)—Those tangled blue varicose veins that can pop up on your legs as you age may be more than unsightly: New research suggests they might quintuple your risk of dangerous blood clots.
Feb 27, 2018
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Spending too much time in front of the television could increase your chance of developing potentially fatal blood clots known as venous thrombosis. Even trying to counterbalance hours of TV watching through adequate exercise ...
Feb 21, 2018
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(HealthDay)—The rates of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement increased from 2005 until 2010 and then decreased through 2014, according to a research letter published online Nov. 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Nov 7, 2017
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Because major surgery increases the risk of venous thrombosis, patients are often treated with anticoagulant medications to prevent thrombosis after surgery. Anticoagulant prophylaxis, however, increases the risk of severe ...
Mar 23, 2017
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Starting testosterone treatment is associated with an increased risk of serious blood clots (known as venous thromboembolism or VTE) that peaks within six months and declines gradually thereafter, concludes a study in The ...
Nov 30, 2016
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Women are four times more likely to suffer a VTE after a cesarean-section compared to a vaginal birth, according to a new study in Chest.
Sep 22, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Adventitial cystic disease of the common femoral vein can be mistaken for deep venous thrombosis, according to a case report published online March 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Mar 9, 2016
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Judy Kleinmann injured her hip after a motorcycle accident 12 years ago. She worked as a landscaper and later at a greenhouse before the pain made a more sedentary job in a physician's office much more attractive.
Oct 12, 2015
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Jefferson researchers identified a high risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clots, following surgery for long-bone reconstruction in patients with metastatic cancer. They published the results in the Journal of ...
Sep 19, 2015
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Among patients with active cancer and acute symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE; blood clots in the deep veins), the use of the low molecular-weight heparin tinzaparin daily for 6 months compared with warfarin did not ...
Aug 18, 2015
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