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Long travel increase pulmonary embolism

According to researchers from France, the number of miles you fly affects your risk of pulmonary embolism. There's increasing concern that long haul travel could increase the risk of blood clotting in the veins of the legs (deep vein thrombosis, or DVT). If the clot breaks off, it may travel to the lungs, forming a pulmonary embolism (PE) which is a potentially life-threatening condition....

Uterine Fibroid Embolization Gaining Popularity

Women suffering from back pain, pelvic pressure, frequent urination or abnormal periods, uterine fibroids could be to blame. Fibroids are non-cancerous growths found in the uterus and can// range in size from very small to the size of a cantaloupe or larger. Now, there’s an improvement to uterine fibroid embolization -- a treatment that’s becoming the procedure of choice for many women....

Antipsychotic Drug Linked to Pulmonary Embolism

A case study published in the British Medical Journal suggests a common antipsychotic drug might have caused a pulmonary embolism in an otherwise healthy young man.// A pulmonary embolism results when a blood clot that developed elsewhere in the body travels to the lung. The result can be deadly. Antipsychotic drugs have been linked to an increased risk of blood clots in the past. Speci...

Embolization Effective For Uterine Fibroid

Women suffering from back pain, pelvic pressure, frequent urination or abnormal periods, uterine fibroids could be to blame. Fibroids are non-cancerous // growths found in the uterus and can range in size from very small to the size of a cantaloupe or larger. Now, there’s an improvement to uterine fibroid embolization -- a treatment that’s becoming the procedure of choice for many women....

Risk Factors Can Identify Pulmonary Embolism

Patients with pulmonary embolism can be identified through risk factors like blood pressure, age and medical history. Those who run a low risk of death due to this factor // can be treated as outpatients, according to a publication in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The condition is due to an abrupt blockage of an artery due to a blood clot, or when the pelvis becomes dislodged. In th...

ARIXTRA drug for venous thromboembolism

Venous thromboembolism is a complication causing increased bleeding which occurs after an orthopedic surgery procedure. // Professor Clifford W. Colwell has reported in the Journal of Arthroplasty that by giving a dose of ARIXTRA drug to these patients who underwent orthopedic surgery the complications and amount of bleeding decreased. ARIXTRA drug which is called as FLEXTRA (Flexibili...

Researchers Find That Thromboembolism Can Be Safely Treated At Home

Researchers have stated to find in their study that blood clots can be effectively managed at the homes of the patients.// According to a study that was led by Clive Kearon, professor of medicine at McMaster University that has been published in the August 23 issue of JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association the treatment of blood clots in the deep veins of the legs or th...

New Guidelines for Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism

AAFP and ACP have released new clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism.// Venous thromboembolism is a condition that causes clotting in the veins. Key elements of the diagnosis guideline include the use of clinical prediction rules to establish pretest probability of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism in a patient before...

Emboldened Warriors-Cancer Fighting Foods

All over the world, researchers are discovering that some foods and supplements do have an important role in the prevention of the modern// world’s deadliest killer- the ‘big C’. At the 233rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society, a one-day symposium, more than a dozen research papers on this topic will be presented. Selected highlights are shown below: Black raspb...