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    Clots, Strokes And Rashes. Is COVID-19 A Disease Of The Blood Vessels?

    Nov 05, 2020
    COVID-19 can cause symptoms that go well beyond the lungs, from strokes to organ failure. To explain these widespread injuries, researchers are studying how the virus affects the vascular system.
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    A medical worker transports a patient at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, where doctors noticed that some young COVID-19 patients without other risk factors had strokes.
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    Doctors Link COVID-19 To Potentially Deadly Blood Clots And Strokes

    Apr 29, 2020
    COVID-19 appears to thicken the blood of many patients, making them vulnerable to clots that can damage the lungs, kidneys and brain.
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    Michelle Kuppersmith's doctor recommended a bone marrow biopsy after suspecting she had a rare blood disorder. Though the biopsy was done by an in-network provider at an in-network hospital, Kuppersmith learned she was on the hook for $2,400 for out-of-n
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    A Genetic Test For A Microscopic Problem Came With A Jumbo Price Tag

    Mar 31, 2020
    Molecular diagnostics are at the frontier of medical science. But along with precise information about health, the tests raise billing questions that can create a minefield for patients.
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    How Moldy Hay And Sick Cows Led To A Lifesaving Drug

    Aug 29, 2017
    The blood thinner warfarin, which prevents blood clots, owes its existence to some cows who got very sick after eating spoiled hay — and to a chemist who spent years trying to figure out why.
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    Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leaves her daughter's apartment building earlier this week after becoming dehydrated at a Sept. 11 memorial service.
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    Clinton's Doctor Says She Is 'Recovering Well,' Releases More Health Information

    Sep 14, 2016
    The candidate's physician says she is "healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States." She also takes thyroid medication and blood thinners.
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    Doctors put casts on Curtis during summer months when he was a child, to immobilize his ankles and prevent injuries.
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    Baby Boomers With Hemophilia Didn't Expect To Grow Old

    Jun 20, 2016
    A generation that survived life-threatening bleeds, the HIV epidemic and hepatitis C now nears retirement with an illness that can mostly be safely managed at home — for about $250,000 a year.
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