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When seconds count: Interventional radiology treatment for pulmonary embolism saves lives
Catheter-directed therapy or catheter-directed thrombolysis—an interventional radiology treatment that uses targeted image-guided drug delivery with specially designed catheters to dissolve dangerous ...
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Read moreBlood test identifies women at risk from Alzheimer's
The thesis is based on the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg, which was started at the end of the 1960s when almost 1,500 women between the ages of 38 and 60 were examined, asked que...
Health and Medicine | Read moreSmoking gun: just 1 cigarette has harmful effect on the arteries of young healthy adults
Her study found that smoking one cigarette increases the stiffness of the arteries in 18 to 30 year olds by a whopping 25 per cent. Arteries that are stiff or rigid increase resistance in the ...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreSevere stress can cause stroke
The study is published in the scientific journal BMC Medicine."There appears to be a correlation between stress and stroke, but this needs to be interpreted with great caution. We asked a...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreNonagenarian Researcher Petitions FDA To Ban Trans Fats
Thus begins a 3,000-word petition to the Food and Drug Administration, the work of a man on a dogged, decades-old crusade to eradicate trans fats from food. Fred Kummerow, a 94-year-old Univer...
Life Sciences | Read moreNew assessment quantifies risks and benefits of warfarin treatment for atrial fibrillation
Warfarin therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation – the most common type of significant heart rhythm disorder – appears to be most beneficial for the oldest patients, those who have had a prior s...
Health and Medicine | Read moreUniversity of Maryland researchers identify gene variant linked to effectiveness of plavix
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a common gene variant carried by as many as a third of the general population that is believed to play a major role in dete...
Life Sciences | Read moreScientists Find New No-Needle Approach to Prevent Blood Clots
The dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health and a team of scientists worldwide have found a better way to prevent deadly blood clots after joint replacement surgery – a major probl...
Health and Medicine | Read morePenn researchers show that protein unfolding is key for understanding blood clot mechanics
Fibrin, the chief ingredient of blood clots, is a remarkably versatile polymer. On one hand, it forms a network of fibers -- a blood clot -- that stems the loss of blood at an injury site while remain...
Life Sciences | Read moreThe risk of developing deep vein thrombosis during a flight is often overestimated
The risk of developing deep vein thrombosis during a long flight is often overestimated. According to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), this condition is very unl...
Health and Medicine | Read moreAdvanced image analysis can provide better risk assessment in hardening of the arteries
Peter Holdfeldt, who recently defended his doctoral thesis at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, has developed new analytical methods for ultrasound images that can provide more reliable and...
Medical Engineering | Read moreResearchers solve 'bloodcurdling' mystery
By applying cutting-edge techniques in single-molecule manipulation, researchers at Harvard University have uncovered a fundamental feedback mechanism that the body uses to regulate the clotting of bl...
Life Sciences | Read moreVoice response system useful for monitoring anticoagulant patients
Oral anticoagulants are prescribed to approximately 5% of seniors and require diligent monitoring to avoid serious adverse events such as blood clots, hemorrhages and death. Monitoring warfarin use is...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreCombination of ASA and clopidogrel reduces heart attack risk in patients with acute coronary syndrome
In order to better prevent blood clots, clopidogrel can be prescribed to patients with acute ischaemia of the heart muscle, in addition to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). The Institute for Quality...
Health and Medicine | Read moreBig men more susceptible to atrial fibrillation
The results are being published in the latest issue of the European Heart Journal.The study was initiated in 1970. Over 7,000 men living in Gothenburg aged between 45 and 55 were examined and ...
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