Another Reason Not To Go In To Work?

                   
medicalnewstoday.com     May 13, 2008            

Hot on the heels of the threat from killer keyboards in the office comes another reason why it might be safer to stay home and enjoy the hot weather - though skivers should note that lounging in a deckchair for prolonged periods might be just as hazardous…The risk of developing blood clots with... [read full story]                

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Study Finds Connection Between Pollution, DVT

kdka.com     May 14, 2008          

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― When it comes to air pollution, people think about what it might do to the lungs, but a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine is focusing on a different part of the body - the veins. According to this study, the risk for Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT), which are...                

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Don't Sit Still And Avoid DVT

medicalnewstoday.com     May 15, 2008          

"Desk-bound workers at double DVT risk," reads the headline in The Daily Telegraph. Workers who "sit at a desk for eight hours a day and spend more than three hours without stretching double their risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT)", the newspaper says.                

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