January e-Newsletter | The Year Ahead

…who are pregnant or who have just given birth

FAQs Blood Clots and Women’s Health

…You will be switched to Heparin. Q. Why can’t Coumadin be …

Anonymous 29 Year-Old Male Blood Clot Story

…clots in my birth family, and the broken bones I …

Webinar for Health Professionals

The National Center on Birth Defects and …

I’m Proud of How Far I’ve Come: Juliana’s Story

Less than two days after giving birth to her first baby, my aunt died of blood clots in her lungs and heart. I was 13 at the time and the…

VTE Webinar for HCPs: Slide Presentation

The National Center on Birth Defects and …

The Last Thing I Remember Was Trying to Say, ‘Help me:’ Heather’s Story

birth to our second child, I developed a severe headache. Unfortunately, at the ER, I was misdiagnosed and treated for post-partum pre-eclampsia. After a few difficult days in the hospital,…

Warfarin

…death) and purple toe syndrome (rare) Warfarin is known to cause …

An Overdue Diagnosis: Alysa’s Story

…as well as a narrowed vena cava birth defect. Now I take much better care of my body through exercise, especially after learning about all of my risk factors that…

I Began Coughing Up Blood: George’s Story

…cancer. There is no history of clotting disorders or blood clots in my birth family. Later that same month, I felt unwell yet again, and I was advised by my…