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Blood clot risk halved for patients checking their own Warfarin dose
University of Oxford – Patients who monitor their own treatment with warfarin or other blood-thinning drugs reduce their risk of developing blood clots by half, an Oxford University study has found.
Taking charge of their own treatment can empower patients, improve the quality of treatment and be more convenient. The researchers say their findings confirm that self-monitoring of warfarin is safe for suitable patients of all ages.
The results are published in the medical journal The Lancet.
‘Warfarin is used for a number of conditions to prevent the blood clotting,’ explains Dr Carl Heneghan, who led the work at the Department of Primary Health Care at Oxford University. ‘These conditions include atrial fibrillation, treatment of deep-vein thrombosis and patients with artificial heart valves.’
In the UK, it is thought that around 1 million people are eligible for blood-thinning drugs, or anticoagulants, with demand set to rise further due to the ageing population.
But the use of anticoagulants needs regular monitoring to make sure the dose remains within the right range.
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Digest #6 – Continuing Education
Epidural vs Subdural Hematomas
To understand epidural and subdural hematomas — two serious consequences of head injuries — we need to know the basic anatomy of the brain and its coverings…
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Scientific Conferences
When someone says they are going on a business trip, most of us would think that they are going to some wonderful place for round or two of golf and beer. While I don’t contest that this is a part of many meetings, there is much more that goes on behind the scenes…
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Toxidromes Part II
To recap last month’s article; A drug overdose is the ingestion or application of a substance that is above and beyond the recommended or generally used amount. Not all overdoes are fatal, and they can happen to anyone; first time or veteran drug users, purposefully or accidental, adult or child…
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Dream sleep takes sting out of painful memories
By Yasmin Anwar/UC Berkeley
Photo by: Reonis
November 23, 2011
BERKELEY —They say time heals all wounds, and new research from the University of California, Berkeley, indicates that time spent in dream sleep can help us overcome painful ordeals.
UC Berkeley researchers have found that during the dream phase of sleep, also known as REM sleep, our stress chemistry shuts down and the brain processes emotional experiences and takes the edge off difficult memories.
Sharp decrease in deaths from sudden cardiac arrest
Only a few decades ago, sudden cardiac arrest was a death sentence. Today, a victim of sudden cardiac arrest is saved roughly once every six hours in Sweden, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, reviewing all cases of sudden cardiac arrest over a 30-year period.