Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) — a condition caused by blood clots that has affected NBA all-star Damian Lillard and tennis star Serena Williams — is treated with blood thinners.
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A year after it became clear that COVID-19 was becoming a pandemic, there is still no cure, but doctors have several innovative treatments. Some are keeping patients out of the hospital entirely.
It’s early days yet but a growing body of research evidence suggests COVID-19 causes abnormalities in blood clotting, which means blood thinning drugs may have a role to play in treatment.
Some Canadians go without heat and food to buy their medications. Others simply don’t take them because they can’t afford to. This is why we need a national pharmacare plan.
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Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Haematologist, Alfred Hospital, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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Haematologist and PhD student, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Interventional Cardiologist, Alfred Hospital; Professor of Medicine and Immunology, Monash University; Professor and Head, Department of Cardiometabolic Health, University of Melbourne; Lab Head, Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology and Deputy Director, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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PhD Candidate, Medical Sciences, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University