MASAB Memo, January 2018
…patients managed by specialized anticoagulation clinics or by …
Cancer and Blood Clots
…webinar series presented by the Centers for Disease …
Medical & Scientific Advisory Board (MASAB)
…the United States, Dr. Geerts has been a consultant to the …
Hannah Lipton Found Activism Through Trauma
Last year, Hannah Lipton of Columbus, Ohio gave birth to her first child. During a time that was supposed to be joyous, Hannah instead faced multiple complications, including a bilateral…
Waiting Could Cost You Your Life: Helen’s Story
…2008, I delivered my third son via cesarean section. Since this would my last planned pregnancy, I also elected to have a tubal ligation performed immediately after giving birth. Both…
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…clots and tried to make sense… Read the full story …
I Want To Raise Awareness Among Pregnant Women: Hannah’s Story
…until the birth of my baby, Nellie. After the birth, I was on an oral anticoagulant, apixaban, and I am now clear of the clots. I want to raise awareness…
The Doctor Was Not Convinced That I Had a DVT: Pamela Lynn’s Story
…to take showers, wash dishes and bathe my daughter with my heparin lock wrapped in plastic. I was taken off heparin for the birth of my healthy son, Logan, in…
A Second Chance at Life: Danet’s Story
On January 4, 2010, I had just given birth to my first child at the age of 20. It was an emergency C-section that I was not planning on. The…
It’s Better to be Safe Than Sorry: Kyarra’s Story
…gave birth to her daughter. Due to some medical issues, she had she ended up having an unplanned C-section. Three weeks to the day of the birth of her daughter,…