Posts Tagged 'pulmonary embolism'

An advisory committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended continued monitoring of Bayer’s birth control pill Beyaz, following a review that made note of serious “adverse events” connected with the pill – including five deaths.

The safety review was focused on Beyaz use for post-pubescent girls who haven’t yet reached adulthood, but included information that applied to both adolescent and ...

According to a story in the Los Angeles Times, a recent study showed that heavy drinkers are at a higher risk of stroke.

Researchers in France concluded that heavy drinkers who consume three or more servings of alcohol per day are at an increased risk of a type of stroke called an intercerebral hemorrhage, and are more likely to have that stroke at an earlier age than non-drinkers.

Intercerebral hemorrhage is caused ...

The Surgeon General has issued an official “Call to Action” to reduce the number of cases of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the United States.

Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot in a deep vein — most commonly in the lower leg or thigh — that can block blood flow and cause pain, swelling, and skin discoloration.

But it can turn deadly when deep vein thrombosis develops into pulmonary ...

According to a report in the Belfast Telegraph, a 33-year-old woman who had been taking a birth control pills died suddenly after developing a blood clot in her lungs.

The story quotes a pathologist as saying that the woman died of a pulmonary venous thromboembolism, or a massive clot that traveled to her lungs, in association with a contraceptive pill. Genetics and the pill were both factors, the doctor said.

A family ...

Although many patients are worried about a hospital-acquired infection, blood clots are a far greater danger during a hospital stay, UPI reports.

The report cites British research concluding that hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism, or blood clot, kills more people than breast cancer, road traffic accidents, HIV/AIDS and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a hospital-acquired infection, combined.

The report says venous thromboembolism includes deep vein thrombosis, or a large clot in the leg; and pulmonary embolism, ...