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A Killer Clot, Coagulates Karen’s Lif

Karen Johnstone, 28, was suffering from Deep Vein Thrombosis since four years. In March, this year, Karen brushed her anxieties away after doctors told her that she no longer suffered Deep Vein Thrombosis//. .. ..Last weekend, Karen died after a blood clot that had formed in her legs moved up to the lungs and obstructed the blood flow to her lungs. ....Kathy and Norman, Karen’s parents, absolutel...

Studies Show Combination Drugs As A Poor Substitute For Anti-Coagulants In Stroke

A new study has broken the hopes that a combination of aspirin and another clot-preventing drug might be a better alternative for preventing strokes //in people with the abnormal heart rhythm called as ‘atrial fibrillation’ than the standard therapy, of warfarin. ....Canadian researchers have cut short their study after the preliminary results showed that there is a higher incidence of not only...

COAG Must Make Combating Severe Allergies A National Priority

AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, has written to the Prime Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers urging the Council of Australian Governments// (COAG) to ensure all teachers and childcare workers are trained in recognizing and handling anaphylactic reactions. ....Dr Haikerwal said that COAG also should ensure the provision of legal immunity to people who give first aid to children with sever...

AMA Urges COAG To Put Patients First

AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today that the highest quality health care for the Australian population must be the priority of any health reforms// that come out of tomorrow’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting. ....Dr Haikerwal said patients would be the big winners if the State and Territory Governments do the right thing and sign up to the Federal Government’s move to...

COAG Gets It Mostly Right On National Registration

The AMA welcomes the COAG decision to adopt much of Federal Government’s preferred model for nine national health professional boards// to run registration and accreditation of training for each of the nine health professions. ....AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said that overall this is great news for the health professions and their patients. ....This means there will be nationally consis...

Anticoagulants is Better for Atrial Fibrillation

People with atrial fibrillation (AF) have irregular heart beats and have a tendency to form blood clots in the upper chambers (atria) of their hearts. These clots can then travel to the brain, block vessels and cause a stroke. ...One way of reducing the risk of this occurring is to give drugs that limit the bloods ability to create clots. Two commonly used options are anticoagulants that inhibi...