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DVT Health Monitor Now Devised for Inflight Use
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New York-based Professor Leslie Citrome packs a calculator and notebook when he sets off for his latest conference or speaking engagement and not just a stack of medical journals and his passport! The psychiatry expert, who has nearly 200 published papers to his name, is on a mission to test his new theory of evidence-based flying (EBF), which he hopes will help him to achieve minimum delays and maximum upgrades.
New York-based Professor Leslie Citrome packs a calculator and notebook when he sets off for his latest conference or speaking engagement and not just a stack of medical journals and his passport! The psychiatry expert, who has nearly 200 published papers to his name, is on a mission to test his new theory of evidence-based flying (EBF), which he hopes will help him to achieve minimum delays and maximum upgrades.
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Research Indicates Deep Vein Thrombosis is More Likely to Occur on the Left Side of Pregnant Women
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Using a new DIY test, airline passengers will be able to monitor their risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Immunity Against Malaria: Scientists Turn Mosquitoes into 'Flying Vaccinators'
Research Indicates Deep Vein Thrombosis is More Likely to Occur on the Left Side of Pregnant Women
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According to the research, the new system will assess travellers' risk by using just a drop of blood, and it will be especially useful for passengers on long-haul flights.
The test, a computerised plastic strip, will analyse blood-clotting markers that indicate a high risk of DVT, and it can be carried by anyone at risk of clotting disorders, including stroke patients, pregnant women and the obese.
The technology is being developed by researchers from eight European countries, and initially it was planned that physicians would read the results through a hand-held scanner.
However it is now expected that the device will become similar to the personal monitors carried by diabetics to check their insulin levels.
DVT, a blood clot, which forms in the leg veins, can travel to the lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism, which can result in the lungs collapsing and heart failure, can be caused by immobility on airline flights.
Professor Karlheinz Bock, head of Polytronic Systems at German research institute Fraunhofer IZM, which is taking part in the EU project, said the device "shows clearly the possibilities for polytronics".
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