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  • IVF Pregnancies Linked to Higher Blood Clots, Artery Blockage Risks

    A new study has associated in vitro fertilization (IVF) with an increased risk for blood clots and pulmonary embolism (PE) in the first trimester of pregnancy. This is in addition to the already higher risk of blood clots seen during a normal pregnancy, which affected about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies in the early 90s.

    IVF has been used since 1978 to help infertile couples conceive. Since that time, approximately five million people have been born using IVF.

    The study, published this week in the British Medical Journal, looked at 23,498 women undergoing an IVF pregnancy and compared them to 116,960 women undergoing a normal pregnancy. Researchers found that 4.2 out of every 1,000 women in IVF pregnancies were diagnosed with blood clots, while only 2.5 in every 1,000 of the other women were. Though the risks were greater in the first trimester of pregnancy, there was no difference in risk between the groups of women either before pregnancy or during the year after pregnancy.

    The researchers also found that the risks of PE were also higher for women in IVF pregnancies throughout their entire pregnancy. Though the overall risk for PE is low, it is the leading cause of maternal death and researchers stated that it is hard to diagnose.

    The results of the study were controlled for a number of factors, including age, year of delivery, body mass index, smoking, birth country, and education. Researchers stated that the increased risks found in the study should help doctors focus on identifying women who are at greater risk.

  • Gaming Jeopardizes player’s Life And Feet

    Roxanne Myers was doing some research on gaming addiction for her senior thesis when she decided to join a weekend-long gaming challenge to add some substance to her study. After over a day and many hours of being seated at her desk competing in the challenge, she fell asleep. She was exhausted and needed the rest. The only problem was, she fell asleep cross-legged thereby cutting the circulation off from he lower legs.

    According to Myers, she suffers from a pre-existing condition which makes her prone to blood clots. Because of her exhaustion she did not feel the pressure in her legs start to build and when she woke up her legs were severely swollen and she had blood clots all throughout her body. She could not walk and had to call for help to be transported to the hospital.

    The prognosis from physicians was grim. Her right foot would have to be almost entirely amputated and many of her left toes would also have to be removed. ThoseGuys.TV did a video interview with Roxanne which I feature below, but they have also provided pictures of the afflicted feet. I also include them below, but be warned, it is a gruesome sight.

    Here’s the video:

    The pictures of Roxanne’s feet follow, but don’t look any further if you have a weak stomach, it is not a pretty sight:

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    Take a lesson from this story, if you have to stay in a seated position for a long period of time, take many breaks and get your blood circulating. Many people have suffered from incidents like this one. Just because you’re not an athlete, doesn’t mean you don’t have to take care of your body.