Flu Shots May Cut Risk of Blood Clots Forming in Veins

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Flu shots may reduce the risk of blood clots forming in veins by 26 percent, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2008.

“Our study suggests for the first time that vaccination against influenza may reduce the risk of venous thrombotic embolism (VTE),” said Joseph Emmerich, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study and professor of vascular medicine at the University Paris Descartes and head of the INSERM Lab 765, which investigates thrombosis. “This protective effect was more pronounced before the age of fifty-two years

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10 percent of healthy people in study had injury from "silent strokes"

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A recent study found that about 10 percent of the apparently healthy middle-aged participants with no symptoms of stroke were injured from "silent strokes," researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Silent cerebral infarction (SCI), or "silent stroke," is a brain injury likely caused by a blood clot interrupting blood flow in the brain. It's a risk factor for future strokes and a sign of progressive brain damage that may result in long-term dementia.

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Blood-sucking device saves heart patients, study shows

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The vacuum-cleaner-like apparatus removes clots before angioplasty, preventing fragments from breaking off. Death rates in the year following surgery are cut in half, researchers say.

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Pollution Boosts Risk of Blood Clots As Well

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In our opinion, it has long been known that pollution has noxious repercussions on our health, but no study stated that it might raise the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) until today. In this study,we can found that the pollution can boost risk of blood clots.

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Air pollution boosts deep vein thrombosis

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Air pollution dramatically boosts an individual’s risk of developing deep vein thrombosis. People with DVT typically develop clots in the leg or thigh. If those clots break off and travel, especially to the lungs, organ damage or death may follow.

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Danger coming with hope: Amgen's Anemia Drugs Ailing

Anemia drugs up death risk in cancer patients

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Treating cancer patients with anemia drugs increases their risk of blood clots and death, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, confirming concerns about these widely used drugs. Researchers said the drugs, including Amgen Inc's Aranesp and Johnson & Johnson's Procrit, raised the risk of death by 10 percent in patients who took them, a finding that could not be explained by the higher blood clot risk alone.

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Higher Risks: blood clots and death found for anemia anti-anemia drugs

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The analysis, which is being published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at 51 Phase III clinical studies involving Aranesp, Epogen and Procrit in patients with cancer, and comes amid a continuing safety review of the drugs by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Phase III studies are advanced clinical studies that are typically conducted to support FDA approval of products.

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