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Seaweed molecules used to improve outcomes for bypass surgery
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers are using a natural material derived from seaweed to promote vascular cell growth, prevent blood clots and improve the performance of synthetic vascular grafts used in heart bypass surgery.
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Kauvery Hospital successfully treats a 33-year-old woman who suffered hear
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, successfully treated a 33-year-old woman with heart failure related to long standing blood clots in her lungs.
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Researchers imbue cells with pathway to make own drugs
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Chemists find a rare genetic pathway that helps mammalian cells become drug factories or sensors by synthesizing noncanonical amino acids. The clues came from an uncommon bird.
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Obese women taking birth control pill likely to have blood clots
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 15 (ANI): Obese women who take oestrogen and progestin-containing oral contraceptives have a 24-fold greater risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared to non-obese women who do not use the medicines.
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Study: Vitamin K has a novel function in the prevention of cell death
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Researchers report on a novel function of vitamin K, which is generally known for its importance in blood clotting. The researchers discovered that the fully reduced form of vitamin K acts as an antioxidant efficiently inhibiting ferroptotic cell death.
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Study: High blood viscosity can predict higher risk of death in COVID-19 h
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 19 (ANI): Patients hospitalised with COVID-19 who have a high estimated blood viscosity are more likely to die from complications. High blood viscosity reduces blood flow to small vessels and raises the risk of blood clots. This blood thickness measurement can be used to
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Study finds cats injured in wildfires at deadly blood clots risk
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): According to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, cats who suffered burns and smoke inhalation in urban California wildfires are at risk of forming deadly blood clots.
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Study reveals undiagnosed major risk factors found in two thirds of ischae
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], June 27 (ANI): According to a recent study at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress 2022, the majority of people who get ischemic strokes and have no known risk factors have underlying diseases.
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US FDA limits use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine over blood clo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday said that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that has been administered to more than 18 million Americans can potentially cause "life-threatening blood clots", and thereby warranted "limiting the authorized us
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Cancer and non-O blood types face risk of developing blood clots: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): A new study has suggested that people with cancer and non-O blood types, such as types A, B, and AB, face an increased risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clots in the veins, three months after their initial diagnosis.
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Hailey Bieber poses on Grammys red carpet weeks after opening up about her
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Las Vegas (Nevada) [US], April 4 (ANI): Supermodel Hailey Bieber, who was recently hospitalised after suffering a blood clot, looked in the pink of health at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday.
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Children with rare autoimmune diseases show additional symptoms: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 2 (ANI): Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is rare in children and known to cause inflammation and recurring, potentially fatal blood clots. Recently, researchers found that two-thirds of children with rare autoimmune diseases experienced some additional symptoms, which
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