A report in the Florida Times-Union concerns a man suing two doctors whom he blames for his wife’s death from a blood clot, because they failed to take her off the birth control pill Yasmin before her plastic surgery.
The lawsuit states it is well-known by medical practitioners that oral contraceptives increase the risk of fatal blood clots after surgery. The attorney representing the family cited the Physician’s Desk Reference, which ...
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The Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis provides a list of frequently asked questions to educate people about this potentially deadly condition.
Some of them are listed below.
Q. What is deep-vein thrombosis (DVT)?
A. Deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) is a common but serious medical condition that occurs in approximately two million Americans each year.1 DVT occurs when a blood clot (thrombus) forms in one of the large veins, usually in the lower limbs, ...
British and New Zealand scientists will conduct a study of “e-thrombosis,” or potentially deadly blood clots that can develop when people spend extended periods of time sitting in front of computers.
A Daily Express article on the study characterizes the phenomenon as a “silent killer” that could be affecting thousands of office workers in the U.K. alone.
Deep vein thrombosis occurs when a blood clot forms in one of the deeper veins, usually in the leg. It can be deadly if a ...
continue reading...According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis – the formation of a blood clot in one of the deeper veins – can be tricky. So can diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot breaks off and travels to the lungs.
That’s because other conditions produce similar symptoms. For example, muscle strains and swelling of veins close to the skin can ...
continue reading...According to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, sitting too much represents a serious health threat.
The report cites a study in the online journal BMJ Open, which concluded that sitting for less than three hours a day could extend your life by as much as two years. Researchers found that limiting TV viewing in a sitting position to less than two hours every day, in itself, might extend life ...
continue reading...According to a CBS News report, researchers at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at UCLA Medical Center have announced the development of a promising new male contraceptive gel.
According to the report, the new gel contains the male hormone testosterone and a progestin called Nesterone. Progestin is a synthetic hormone that mimics the female hormone progesterone and increases the contraceptive effectiveness of testosterone in men.
But a report by KHOU out of ...
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