I saw last month that NASCAR driver Brain Vickers was hospitalized with a pulmonary embolism, I wonder if it was from sitting cramped in a car for so many hours or if he has any genetic predispositions like Factor V. Not sure if you can drive a race car on warfarin seems like the risk of a crash and bleeding is to high. My Hematologist treats several NBA players who are on blood thinners and they just go off them the day of games, hopefully Vickers can do the same thing. I hope gets better and back on the track soon. You can read more about the story no the following link.
http://jacksonville.com/node/418501
I am a big fan of the tv show The Deadliest Catch. In last nights episode they revealed that Captain Phil Harris died of a stroke. Last season he was hospitalized with blood clots and placed on blood thinners, not sure if it was warfarin or plavix, but that coupled with the stress, long hours sitting, and constant smoking I am sure lead to the clot that traveled to his brain and eventually killed him. Its amaznig how many peoples lives are effected by blood clots yet there seems to be so little information out there about them. Check out the link below for more info:
Vitamin B6 Linked to Lower Lung Cancer Risk:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=117237
As always thank you for being a Clotamin customer
Justin
