Sentences with phrase «of dangerous blood clots»

Estrogen is linked to side effects and, in early 2008, the FDA issued a new warning label for the patch after a study showed that patch users had a higher risk of dangerous blood clots than those using the Pill.

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Estrogen injections aren't used today, however, due to a possible risk of potentially dangerous blood clots.

Fay notes that people who harbor one mutated copy of the gene seem to have normal blood clotting, so blocking PAI - 1 might not trigger dangerous bleeding.

The disruption makes it difficult for the heart's upper and lower chambers to work together, increasing the likelihood of blood to pool and dangerous clots to form.

With gene - editing tools such as CRISPR, scientists can now eliminate immune - provoking sugars from the surface of pig cells, introduce human genes that regulate blood coagulation to prevent dangerous clots, and snip out viral sequences that some fear could infect a human host.

New research has uncovered a key platelet protein that could offer a new angle for developing drugs to prevent thrombosis, or dangerous blood clots, in patients who are at high risk such as those with atherosclerosis or a history of heart problems.

It's always fun to get away, but there's a scary downside of traveling: Sitting still for an extended period of time, as you're forced to do on a long flight, increases your risk of developing a dangerous blood clot called deep vein thrombosis.

You've probably heard of it happening to people on planes: after sitting for a long time without moving their legs, they develop swelling and pain on one side... and later find out that they have a dangerous blood clot known as deep vein thrombosis.

These include things like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but ticks can also cause blood clotting through transmission of bacteria, as well as an allergic reaction to red meat, which is particularly dangerous to carnivores, like dogs and humans.

This can be extremely dangerous to your pet as it is generally caused by systematic hypertension which is high blood pressure that has triggered a blockage of the blood vessels by blood clots.

Further, the body's natural mechanisms to dissolve blood clots is inherently inflammatory and the resulting biochemicals can be dangerous if there are a large number of blood clots dissolving at once.

Obesity also increases the potential for inflammatory disease of the blood vessels (more on this below) and dangerous clot formations.

Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters, devices used in the prevention of blood clots in the lungs, may cause dangerous, life - threatening complications.

In fact, many experts recommend that travelers avoid them entirely because the resulting inactivity can contribute to the formation of blood clots, a very dangerous condition.