Medical research
Humans, and piglets, and bears, oh my! Preventing dangerous blood clots
"Don't poke the bear," they said. But that's exactly what a team of scientists have been doing to discover the secrets of blood clotting.
Apr 13, 2023
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News tagged with veins
Cardiology
Wireless pacemakers may be safe, effective for children with irregular heart rhythms
Wireless or leadless pacemakers, commonly implanted in adults, may be a safe and effective short-term option for children with slow heartbeats, according to new research published today in Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.
Apr 11, 2023
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Cardiology
Study: Being overweight in childhood is a risk factor for blood clots as an adult
Being overweight in childhood and in early adulthood are discrete risk factors for blood clots later in life, a University of Gothenburg study shows. The study is based on the early BMI history of more than 37,000 men and ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
New paper targets prevention of foot and lower limb diseases
A new study by Dr. Peter Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Podiatry, and colleagues across nursing and podiatry and published in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, focuses on the role podiatrists have in preventing the progression ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
People with additional X or Y chromosome may be at increased risk for dangerous blood clots
People with an additional X or Y chromosome—a genetic condition known as supernumerary sex chromosome aneuploidy—have an increased risk of developing blood clots known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), a Geisinger study ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Genetics
139 genetic risk loci associated with varicose veins identified
A team of researchers affiliated with a large number of medical research institutions in the U.S. has identified 139 genetic risk loci associated with varicose veins. In their paper published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular ...
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus: Women are at higher risk of venous thromboembolism than men
A research team from the Complexity Science Hub and MedUni Vienna has analyzed 180,034 patients with diabetes mellitus and found evidence that women are at higher risk of venous thromboembolism than men—particularly during ...
Jan 3, 2023
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Health
Enlarged veins can cause pain, infertility
Many people have heard of varicose veins before. But it's not just the leg veins that can become twisted, enlarged, and feel achy or itchy. Any vein can become varicose, including veins in the scrotum.
Dec 30, 2022
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Cardiology
Recommendations developed for lower-extremity varicose veins
In clinical practice guidelines issued by the Society for Vascular Surgery, American Venous Forum, and American Vein and Lymphatic Society, and published online Oct. 11 in the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic ...
Dec 15, 2022
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Medical research
Blood clotting research holds hope for sepsis
Researchers from the University of Birmingham, UK, who identified a novel mechanism for platelet activation in pathogenic blood clotting (thrombosis) are now turning their attention to sepsis.
Dec 12, 2022
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