Although almost 10% of middle-aged persons who have major operations afterward develop thrombosis* a serious disease caused by clots which jam the blood vessels they don't need to. That fact was conclusively documented last week by two Swedish doctors who rounded up the data on a preventive. For over a year, doctors have occasionally used this new treatment to prevent thrombosis. It consists of large doses of heparin, a natural anticoagulant manufactured by the liver.
In the Journal of the American Medical Association, Drs. Clarence Crafoord and Erik Jorpes of Stockholm told...
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