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Update – The Clot Connect Project
Clot Connect is a collaborative outreach project led by the University of North Carolina Blood Clot Outreach Program. Clot Connect engages community partners to develop and deliver blood clot education programs for both patients and health care professionals. The progress: The Clot Connect website is now online, accessible at www.clotconnect.org. This format will be the…
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Dental Work on Warfarin
A common question from patients and dentists is whether warfarin needs to be interrupted at times of dental procedures, such as cleaning or pulling of teeth or root canals. Medical publications and recommendations from the dental community outlining best management of patients on warfarin exist (ref 1-6). However, even though evidence suggests that stopping warfarin for…
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Vitamin E – Caution: Bleeding Risk
Summary A recent summary of all published good quality trials (randomized, placebo-controlled) shows that taking vitamin E supplements slightly increases a person’s risk for bleeding into the brain (reference 1). My conclusions: (a) I caution against the use of daily vitamin E supplementation, and (b) I advise against the use of vitamin E in patients who are already…
A Clearinghouse for Information about Blood Clots (DVT/)PE) and Clotting Disorders (thrombophilia) provided as a public service by the University of North Carolina Blood Research Center
Clot Connect 