Was the promotion of HRT as an elixir of life a triumph of ... Mar 9, 2008
The study also worked out a global index of risks and benefits, which included heart disease, breast cancer, stroke, blood clots in the lung, endometrial and colorectal cancer, hip fractures and deaths owing to other causes. This global index was 12 per cent higher in women who had taken the combined pill for an average of 5; years, and did not diminish much after they stopped taking it. (Times Online)
Imaging Procedures For Diagnosing Blood Clots In The Lung Examined Dec 23, 2007
22, 2007) New research indicates that a diagnostic strategy using computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) may be a safe alternative to conventional lungs scans (known as ventilation-perfusion scans) for excluding the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (blood clots in the lung vessels), although CTPA may detect more clots, according to a new study ... 2, 2004) Predicting the mortality of patients with pulmonary emboli (blood clots in the lung) may become possible with a newly developed... (Science Daily)
Canada reactor shutdown hitting medical tests Dec 10, 2007
"In my own hospital, yesterday, I was unable to do tests looking for blood clots in the lung because the isotope was not available," Christopher O'Brien, president of the Ontario Association of Nuclear Medicine said. O'Brien also said that the medical community was not advised of the shutdown. (Reuters UK)
Liberals say reactor shutdown put 'lives at risk' Dec 9, 2007
"Yesterday I did not have enough isotopes to perform an emergency lung scan for blood clots in the lung. And today, one of our hospitals was only able to do two patients when they would have done about 12 to 14 patients," he said. Radioisotopes are used in nuclear medicine in a number of ways at the cellular level. (CTV.ca)
The hospital is a place Everhart knows well Jan 22, 2007
"Thank God, he's had it [blood clots in the lung] before, so he knows what's going on in his body. It could have been even worse if he had waited.". Thiero, a graduate student who transferred this season from Memphis, missed most of the 2003-04 season after blood clots were discovered in his lungs. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
