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Breakthrough Research Identifies Predictors of Venous Thromboembolism after Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer

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Axtell , MD, MPH, an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Of these patients, 758 developed blood clots that moved to the lungs after surgery.

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The Texas Heart Institute Collaborates on Multi-institutional DOD Grant to Develop Novel Left Ventricular Assist Device

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Patients with heart failure often experience reduced mobility, quality of life and ability to work; the disease also represents a significant public health care burden. As an alternative therapeutic option, LVAD heart pumps have been implanted to help patients with end-stage heart failure sustain blood circulation in the body.

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Philips Launches New Azurion Neuro Biplane System at #ECR2024 to Speed Up and Improve Minimally Invasive Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurovascular Patients

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For ischemic stroke, which accounts for 87% of all strokes [3], the benefits of delivering intra-arterial treatment (IAT) – catheter-based procedures to mechanically disrupt or remove blood clots (mechanical thrombectomy) and/or inject clot-busting agents – within 6 hours of symptom onset, are widely accepted [4].

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UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute to Lead New National Stroke Study

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Developed at the University of Arizona , TS23 works by blocking A2-antiplasmin, a protein in the blood that is a key determinant of whether blood clots dissolve.

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Rise of COVID's JN.1 Sub variant Cases in India in 2023

Wellnest

1 poses an increased risk to public health compared to other circulating variants. However, angiograms often reveal no major blockage in the heart’s blood vessels, indicating a different mechanism. Myocarditis symptoms can also mimic a heart attack, and small blood clots may cause pain. Risk posed by JN.1

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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

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Effective medical therapies for patients with PAD, including medications to prevent blood clotting, manage blood sugar and reduce high blood pressure and high cholesterol, should be prescribed to prevent major adverse cardiovascular events and reduce the risk of amputation.

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The Florida Study and the public health hypocrites

Dr. Anish Koka

Vaccines apparently occupy a very holy place in the minds of the public health monolith that currently rules the world. Its quite a pickle for public health authorities to be in - they need widespread compliance, but any negative news, no matter how nuanced, will destroy confidence, and therefore compliance.