The correlation between birth control pills and a higher rate of blood clots has long been documented. A study from Denmark suggests that non-oral forms of birth control – such as vaginal rings and skin patches – may also carry a risk of blood clots.
Most birth control pills carry a higher risk for blood clots, as does pregnancy itself. But numerous studies indicate that birth control pills containing the compound ...
continue reading...The National Blood Clot Alliance provides a number of tips designed to help people avoid potentially fatal blood clots. They include:
Physicians quoted in an article in Arthritis Today about all-metal hip implants said patients who received the devices should get checked regularly to make sure metal debris known to break off from the devices aren’t causing them any health problems.
The implants, featuring both a head and a socket coated in metal, have been problematic both for their high early failure ...
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An editorial in the Concord Monitor calls for more funding and research into the causes and treatment of autism.
The editorial cites a recent study from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which raised the prevalence of autism by 78 percent, from 1 in 150 births to 1 in 88.
On average, according to the CDC study, 1 in every 252 girls and 1 in every 54 boys born today ...
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According to a story in the Washington Post, Johnson & Johnson has applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to get approval of another use for its anti-clotting drug Xarelto.
Johnson & Johnson currently markets Xarelto for reducing the risk of blood clots in patients after knee or hip replacement surgery, and reducing the risk of stroke and other blood clots in people with a type of irregular heartbeat. The ...
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While pregnancy can increase the risk of blood clots, a study from the British Medical Journal Online indicates that pregnant women without any other risk factors are unlikely to develop them.
In a report about the study for WABC out of New York, Dr. Jay Aldersberg said it involved examining the pelvis and leg veins of pregnant women who had no other identified risk factors for clots.
The report quotes Dr. Ashlesha ...
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