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CHICAGO (AP) -- Good news for budget-minded travelers: There's no proof that flying economy-class increases your chances of dangerous blood clots, according to new guidelines from medical specialists....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New advice for pregnant women: If you're getting a C-section, special inflating boots strapped on your legs may lower the risk of a blood clot....

(American Society of Hematology) Patients with clinically diagnosed superficial vein thrombosis (SVT), a blood clot in the veins just beneath the skin that commonly resolves on its own without treatment, are four to six times more likely to develop venous thromboembolism (VTE), a dangerous, often life-threatening condition, according to study results published today in Blood , the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

Inflammatory bowel disease may more than double the risk of a serious blood clot in the legs or lungs, according to a new study.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When her stroke hit, Edna Wooten somehow stopped her car. Then her grown daughter ignored her slurred protests and raced her to the hospital - in time for a drug to dissolve the blood clot causing her stroke....

A blood-clotting drug could save 100,000 lives if given to seriously injured trauma patients, a research report says.

LONDON (AP) -- Men with prostate cancer being treated with hormone therapy have a slightly higher risk of developing a blood clot, new research says....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen.

Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Statin drugs, taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease, also can cut the risk of developing dangerous blood clots that can lodge in the legs or lungs, a major study suggests....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far too many Americans are dying of dangerous blood clots that can masquerade as simple leg pain, says a major new government effort to get both patients and their doctors to recognize the emergency in time....