One of the more dramatic incidents that can happen to our patients is an episode of spontaneous high pressure bleeding from a leg vein. Elevated pressure in leg veins is secondary to a vein blockage or more commonly due to…
For over 100 years, aspirin has been known to reduce blood clotting. I write about aspirin because I continue to encounter a number of patients who take a daily aspirin without a legitimate medical reason for doing so. Likewise, there…
Current practice in U.S. hospitals is for doctors to prescribe low doses of blood thinning medication to certain patients to protect them from getting a blood clot in their veins or lungs while they recover from their illness. The decision…
