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Do Bananas Help Leg Cramps?

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 7 Feb 16

Being a bilateral amputee I worry about getting leg cramps; just because they hacked off the lower (below the knee) part of my legs doesn't mean I can avoid leg cramps. One of the things I had to learn to not do is to contract my...

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Do you know anyone with DVT

bam620 @bam620 (24) • United States 1 Oct 08

My mother in law was Diagnoised with DVT about 6 years ago. Before that she was "normal" not having to worry about how much she walked and elevating her leg and constantly being in pain. I Have watched this Condition and what it...

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Pull your socks up please!

ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 5 Aug 08

There is a lot of chatter about the benefits of wearing flight socks nowadays... In recent years, following the widening press coverage of DVT, there have been a number of efforts to introduce DVT-preventative...

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Study Finds: Office Chairs More Dangerous Than Airplanes

Debs_place @Debs_place (10520) • United States 13 Mar 07

Now doesn't this scare you. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258497,00.html You can read the whole thing or learn that people who sit in desk chairs too long are at move risk of DVTs then people who fly long distance in...

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sitting too long

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Has anyone ever had a blood clot?

duckiejunkie @duckiejunkie (19) • United States 2 Jan 07

I am just wondering if anyone else has had a DVT in the thigh and what you did about it. I am on the blood thinners, but the pain is almost unbearable! It took me a couple of weeks to go to the doctor for it to be found, so I am...

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