Not Signed In - Study ties obesity to high risk of blood clots
Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:51 PM EST
... Obesity boosts the risk of venous thromboembolism -- the formation in veins of blood clots that can travel to the lungs -- and is a particularly strong risk factor among men and women under 40 years old, according to a new report. ...
Related Topics
- Thrombophlebitis
- High Risk Pregnancy
- Hypertension
- High Cholesterol
- Risk Factors
- Obesity
- Stroke, if clots break off and travel to the brain (drugs that thin the blood such as heparin and warfarin can reduce the risk)
- Blood Pressure
- Low Blood Pressure
- Blood/Blood Transfusion
- Blood Transfusion
- Blood in Urine
- Overweight and Obesity
- Obesity and Overweight
- Blood Gases
- Transfusion
- Blood Cells
- Blood clots that travel to brain, kidneys, lungs, or abdomen
- Blood clots to other location of the body -- brain, intestine, legs
- FSH
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