News and Features Related to Deep Vein Thrombosis

1. Blood Clot Risk Common in Hospitals
   

   Jan. 31, 2008 -- Dangerous blood clots are a common risk for hospitalized adults, and many of them don't get drug treatment to cut that risk. That news comes from a new study of more than 68,000 hospitalized adults in 32 countries including the U.S. About 52% of those patients were at risk of venous

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2. Cure for Deep Vein Thrombosis?
   

   Jan 29, 2008 -- National Institutes of Health researchers appear to have found a safe way to dissolve the painful blood clots that swell the legs of people with deep vein thrombosis or DVT. If you suffer DVT -- a blood clot deep in your leg -- doctors usually can keep it from killing you. But this t

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3. Minor Leg Injuries May Up Clot Risk
   

   Jan. 14, 2008 -- Even minor leg injuries, such as ankle sprains or pulled muscles, increase the risk of potentially life-threatening blood clots, new research suggests. Having a recent minor leg injury, according to a study from the Netherlands' Leiden University, was found to be associated with a t

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4. DVT Tied to Heart Attack, Stroke Risk
   

   Nov. 26, 2007 -- Having a DVT (deep vein thrombosis) or a pulmonary embolism may make a heart attack or stroke more likely, especially in the first year after having a DVT. Danish researchers report that news in The Lancet. A DVT is a blood clot that forms in a vein deep in the body. A pulmonary emb

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5. Danger! Deep Vein Thrombosis
   

   David Bloom -- an NBC news correspondent -- called his wife from a few miles outside Baghdad, resting on the fender of a tank. It was April 2003, and Bloom had spent several weeks traveling in military vehicles across the deserts of Iraq. He casually mentioned that he was having leg cramps, but neit

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6. Cheney Treated for Blood Clot
   

   March 5, 2007 -- Vice President Dick Cheney is being treated for a blood clot in his left leg, according to news reports. Cheney will take blood-thinning medications for several months to treat the clot, called a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), the reports say. DVTs are blood clots that form in veins de

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7. In-Flight Blood Clots: Theory Grounded
   

   May 16, 2006 -- A new study clips the wings of one theory about why blood clots sometimes form during long flights. The theory holds that lower oxygen levels on long flights make blood clots more likely. The new study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, challenges that not

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8. Compression Stockings Cut Fliers' DVT
   

   April 20, 2006 -- Wearing compression stockings on long flights may help avoid deep vein thrombosis (DVT) -- clots that form in legs' deep veins. Researchers recently reviewed 10 studies of compression stockings for DVT prevention in long-distance flights. The studies included a combined total of mo

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9. Infection Ups DVT, Pulmonary Embolism
   

   March 30, 2006 -- Acute infections may make two blood clotting conditions -- deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism -- more likely. Researchers report the news in The Lancet. They reviewed the medical records from a large British database. The study shows that while DVT and pulmonary embo

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10. Obesity Ups Risk of Pulmonary Embolism, DVT
    

    Sept. 9, 2005 -- New research shows that obesity makes men and women more likely to develop two blood clotting problems -- deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism. The risk of those problems is highest for obese women who are younger than 40 years old, researchers report in The American Jo

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