DVT flying advice reassessed 
Midhurst and Petworth Observer
?Sitting in a window seat during a long flight can increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis,? according to The Daily Telegraph. It has long been known that flying is associated with an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a type of serious ...
Sedentary office-goers face doubled clot-risk International News Network
Office cleaning 'can reduce blood clot risk' Fastklean

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Air pollutants mediate effects on heart health through inflammation and thrombosis 
TheHeart.Org
Los Angeles, CA - Changes in air-pollution levels in China during the 2008 Olympic Games resulted in a reduction in biomarkers of inflammation and thrombosis, as well as other measures of cardiovascular physiology, a new study has shown [1].
Air Pollution Level Changes in Beijing Linked With Biomarkers of ... Science Daily (press release)
Air pollution may be global risk factor for cardiovascular disease Zee News
Air pollution limits at Beijing Olympics eased heart burden CBC.ca
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Contraceptive Rings and Patches Linked to Blood Clot Risk 
Medscape
Women using transdermal patches had a relative risk (RR) of 7.9 (95% confidence interval [CI], 3.5 - 17.7) for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism compared with women not using hormonal contraception after adjusting for age, calendar year, ...
Contraceptive patch and implant 'may carry higher risk of blood clots' Netdoctor

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Contraceptive Rings, Patches Raise Clot Risk 
MedPage Today
By Nancy Walsh, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Women who use certain types of non-oral types of hormonal contraception (transdermal patches or vaginal rings) are at much greater risk for developing venous thrombosis, a study has found.
Blood Clot Risk Linked to Some Non-Pill Contraceptives Philadelphia Inquirer
Blood clot risk elevated with contraceptive patches, vaginal rings Clinical Advisor
Higher blood clot risk reported with birth control patch and ring Examiner.com
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Janssen Research & Development Submits Supplemental New Drug Application to US ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
XARELTO® already is approved in the US to reduce the risk of blood clots in the legs and lungs of people who have just had knee or hip replacement surgery, and to reduce the risk of both hemorrhagic and thrombotic strokes as well as other blood clots ...
Johnson & Johnson Seeks Further FDA Thrombosis OK For Xarelto Fox Business
Bayer Says Xarelto Submitted To FDA To Reduce Risk Of Stent Thrombosis RTT News
Bayer's Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) Submitted to US FDA to Reduce the Risk of Stent ... PipelineReview.com (press release)

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Outcomes Worse for Inhospital Stent Thrombosis 
MedPage Today
By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Among patients who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for an ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI), outcomes were worse if stent thrombosis occurred in rather than out of the hospital.
HORIZONS-AMI: More Fallout When Stent Thrombosis Happens In-Hospital TCTMD

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Contraceptive patches and vaginal rings 'double thrombosis risk' 
Pulse
By David Swan | 18 May 2012 GPs have been advised to switch patients from contraceptive patches and vaginal rings as a study shows they double the risk of venous thrombosis in women when compared with oral contraception. In the first study to look at ...

 

European Thrombosis Therapeutics Market is Experiencing an Urgent Need for ... 
Healthcare Global (press release)
LONDON, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The increasing incidence of thrombosis, paralleled by the maturing life cycles of existing products, are motivating the need for novel alternatives. Establishing end-user confidence and ensuring cost-effectiveness ...

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Flex those muscles 
Deccan Chronicle
Called deep vein thrombosis, this can even have fatal effects. A thrombosis is a blockage of a blood vessel by a blood clot. When this blood clot actually breaks off and gets stuck in the blood vessel in the lung, it causes a pulmonary embolism.

 

Nuvaring Pulmonary Embolism Can Be Deadly 
InjuryBoard.com
Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot that typically originates in the legs and can travel to the lungs, where it becomes a pulmonary embolism, which can be deadly. The transdermal patch and vaginal ring have at least a sixfold increased risk of venous ...
National NuvaRing Lawyers Warn of Study Linking NuvaRing to Higher Risk of ... PR Web (press release)
Alonso Krangle LLP Warns that NuvaRing Side Effects May Include Increased ... Albany Times Union

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