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03/08/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Major side effects from popular medicines: Beta-blockers and painkillers found to double risk of stroke

Every two seconds, someone somewhere is having a stroke, and the cause isn’t always what you’re told. A stroke is when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. Most strokes (80 percent) that occur are ischemic strokes, where the arteries leading to the brain […]

01/22/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Do YOU take the risks of contraceptives seriously? Birth control pill nearly killed a young woman after blood clots and pneumonia left her unable to breathe

Women of all ages use contraceptives daily, but a recent report from the Daily Mail has revealed that a 19-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital after using the pill for only six months. According to the report, a student named Eleanor Waring “developed pneumonia and potentially fatal blood clots [in] her lungs,” and she developed […]

12/21/2017 / By Russel Davis

Most people with blood clots should not take clot-busting drugs : New research finds they cripple patients’ mobility

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine revealed that not all patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) require clot-clearing drugs and devices as the treatments did not reduce the risk of developing post-thrombotic syndrome, a condition characterized by chronic limb pain and swelling. According to the experts, this complication leads to difficulties in […]

07/12/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Young woman died from blood clot linked to contraceptive, investigation reveals

On the early morning of Aug. 26, 2016, 20-year-old Abbey Parkes suffered from a cardiac arrest at her home in Tunstall, Staffordshire. Her live-in boyfriend, Liam Grocott, immediately contacted emergency services and paramedics found her slumped in the living room, unconscious and not breathing. After an hour and a half in the emergency room, Abbey […]

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