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This letter appeared in the Washington Post Health section today. I'm 21 and was recently diagnosed with a protein C deficiency. I had an acute blood clotting episode this summer that should have killed me, but for some reason I'm still here. Lack of protein C means I'm supposed to be on...

Here's an interesting article from the Washington Post about how emotions can change after OHS. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/11/AR2007081101390.html

ITC has recently announced a new model for their Protime machine. It appears to be more like INRatio and Coaguchek. I wish I could trade mine in for this one. I'm going to try to attach a picture, but here's a link in case that doesn't work. http://www.itcmed.com/protime.shtml

I gotta get back up on my soapbox again with another coumadin mismanagement story. This one is from an unlikely source -- my favorite travel magazine, International Travel News (www.intltravelnews.com). "The Discerning Traveler" by Philip Wagenaar, MD ([email protected]) is a regular feature...

Here's an article that appeared in a local DC newspaper last week. I've marked in red the passage that raised my eyebrows. The Washington Examiner Tuesday, September 20, 2005 A.Fib: A case of correlation-causality Steve Fahey Ask the Sports Doc Occasionally I have episodes of atrial...

This study by the Mayo Clinic indicates that continuing to take aspirin before heart surgery might actually improve your odds of survival. Mayo Clinic study: Don't stop taking aspirin before heart surgery Aspirin use associated with lower mortality, but doesn't raise bleeding risk. "Aspirin...