Recent Blood Clot News from ScienceDaily:

• New clinical practice guidelines for venous thromboembolism
• Experimental vaccine may reduce post-stroke blood clot risk
• Aspirin alone a good clot buster after knee surgery
• A Trojan Horse delivery for treating a rare, potentially deadly, blood-clotting disorder
• Immediate compression could help prevent complications after deep-vein thrombosis
• How olive oil and sleep could stave off heart attacks and strokes: New study examines plasma protein’s role
• Antioxidant reduces risk for second heart attack, stroke
• New link between hypoxia and blood clot risk
• New anti-clotting drugs linked to lower risk of serious bleeding
• Earthquake aftermath: Life-threatening blood clots in legs and lungs from sitting in cars for extended periods
• Three-fold higher risk of cancer after acute thrombosis in the leg
• Look! Down in the petri dish! It’s a superplatelet!
• Unusual blood clots in leprosy patients characterized
• Perioperative short haul air travel associated with increased risk of venous thromboembolism
• Watching too much television could cause fatal blood clots
• Self-sealing miniature ‘wound’ created by engineers
• Stop the clots, spare the coagulation
• Risks for blood clot in a vein may rise with increased TV viewing
• How and why blood clots shrink
• Video of blood clot contraction reveals how platelets naturally form unobtrusive clots
• Genetic testing can help determine safest dose of blood thinner
• Can height increase risk for blood clots in veins?
• Etosis phenomenon discovered in human blood monocytes
• Apixaban lowers stroke risk in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing cardioversion (EMANATE), study suggests
• Anticoagulants used for arrhythmia can have different thrombus formation rates
• ‘Shapeshifter’ that regulates blood clotting is visually captured for the first time
• Online education boosts proper use of drugs that prevent blood clots
• Lizard venom may contain clues to treating blood clots
• Multiple roles of glucose metabolism identified in platelet activation and survival
• Clues about immune resolution identified in blood
• New hope to prevent dangerous blood clots found in the legs
• Peering inside dangerous blood clots with optical clearing technique
• Notable decrease in IVC filter usage after FDA advisory
• Novel PET tracer detects small blood clots
• New ultrasound ‘drill’ targets deep vein blood clots
• Small molecule prevents blood clots without increasing bleeding risk
• Small molecule prevents blood clots without increasing bleeding risk
• Targets for better anti-thrombotic medicine identified
• Gut bacteria may turn common nutrient into clot-enhancing compound
• Cardiologist warns against dissolvable stents
• Thousands of women can stop taking blood thinners for unexplained clots, new study suggests
• Apixaban superior to warfarin for reducing brain bleeds in patients with AFib
• Clot or bleeding? Anticoagulants walk the line between two risks
• Sex-based differences in utilization, outcomes for CDT in DVT patients
• Long-term limitations imposed on patients with pulmonary embolism
• CT scans reveal reduced leaflet motion after aortic valve replacement
• Genetically guided warfarin dosing lowers risk of some adverse events
• For atrial fibrillation ablation, newer anticoagulant reduces major bleeds
• Light beam replaces blood test during heart surgery
• Spinal cord injury patients face many serious health problems besides paralysis