Why Men Are More At Risk Of Diseases Caused By Blood Clots Than Women
Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 23:21
in Health & Medicine
Being male increases your risk of diseases caused by the inappropriate formation of a blood clot (a process known as thrombosis), such as heart attack and stroke, but the reasons for this are not completely understood. However, researchers have used a mouse model of thrombosis to shed light on this matter in the hope of facilitating the development of sex-specific treatments for thrombosis.
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