blood clots prevention

Researchers test new treatment to prevent clots

harminka — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:37:25 -0500

Patients with stage III or IV melanoma taking ipilimumab and the oral steroid budesonide to reduce side effects did not have less diarrhea, a known side effect of ipilimumab, according to results of a phase II trial published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Statins show promise for blood clot prevention

harminka — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:19:51 -0500

Statins, the class of drugs commonly used for lowering cholesterol, are now showing promise at preventing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or blood clots, an affliction that occurs in nearly 2 million Americans each year.

1 in 5 patients receive treatment to prevent life-threatening blood clots

harminka — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:37:43 -0500

Fewer than 1 in 5 patients received post-discharge therapy to prevent life-threatening blood clots — venous thrombosis — after hip- or knee-replacement surgery, report Rahme and colleagues in a retrospective cohort study. Venous thrombosis is one of the leading causes of death among hospital patients. However, elderly patients have a 70% lower chance of dying within 3 months if they take an anticoagulant drug to prevent blood clots.

Mechanism of blood clot elasticity revealed in high definition

harminka — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:04:25 -0600

Blood clots can save lives, staunching blood loss after injury, but they can also kill. Let loose in the bloodstream, a clot can cause a heart attack, stroke or pulmonary embolism.

Study examines long-term outcomes following blood clots

harminka — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:34:36 -0600

Patients who develop a blood clot in their legs (deep vein thrombosis) or lungs (pulmonary embolism) are at risk for experiencing another blood clot within three years, and patients with pulmonary embolism have a higher risk of death, according to a report in the February 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Halting Plavix may cause heart attack and death

seher — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:32:17 -0600

U.S. researchers found out that patients who were given the blood-clot preventer Plavix after a heart attack or after receiving a stent have a far higher risk of heart attack or death in the three months after they stop taking the drug.

Possible safer target for anti-clotting drugs found

harminka — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:55:15 -0500

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have identified a new molecular target in blood clot formation, which seems to reduce clotting without excessive bleeding, the common side-effect of anti-clotting agents.

25,000 deaths each year due to failure to tackle blood clots in hospital

harminka — Fri, 18 May 2007 01:45:14 -0500

Up to 25,000 people may die needlessly each year due to the failure to prevent blood clots known as venous thromboembolisms (VTE) in UK hospitals, say experts in this week's BMJ.