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People who have had blood clots in their veins may be able to prevent recurrences with a simple aspirin a day, a new study has found.

(University at Buffalo) Neurologists at the University at Buffalo are beginning a research study that could overturn the prevailing wisdom on the cause of multiple sclerosis.

The researchers will test the possibility that the symptoms of MS result from narrowing of the primary veins outside the skull, a condition called "chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency," or CCSVI.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Endoscopic harvesting of veins for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery may compromise long-term vessel patency and increase mortality, MI, and repeat revascularization rates, researchers found.