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Please visit us at www.stoptheclot.org
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A Message from our Chief Executive Officer, Joe Isaacs
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NBCA begins the New Year with a heightened focus on promoting engaged patients and tremendous momentum built on the past year's social media advances, successful symposium and public awareness efforts to improve treatment adherence and intensified public policy advocacy. Read more.
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Please Help Us Save Lives
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 Deborah Tyler died prematurely at the age of 33 from a pulmonary embolism due to blood clots that were misdiagnosed.
Deborah's story, as featured in our appeal letter, affirms NBCA's mission to advance the prevention, diagnosis and effective treatment of life-threatening blood clots. We express our heartfelt gratitude to those who have already made contributions during our latest fundraising drive and invite those who have yet to give to make a donation today.
Please help us to remember Deborah and the 300,000 other men, women and children who annually lose their battle with blood clots. It's too late to change Deborah's sad fate. But it is not too late to let the loss of such a promising life inspire you to make a donation to NBCA and help us avert other such tragedies due to blood clots.
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New Headquarters in the New Year!
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Happy New Year! The NBCA welcomed 2014 from its new headquarters in the Washington DC suburb of Rockville, Maryland within short range of the White House, congress and federal agencies of importance to those with or at risk of blood clots.
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NBCA Defends CDC's Division of Blood Disorders Funding
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NBCA wrote to members of the Senate Appropriations Committee to oppose proposed funding reductions that could place those we serve at heightened risk. Read more.
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March is Deep Vein Thrombosis (Blood Clot) Awareness Month!
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NBCA's Public Policy Advocacy Committee is making plans for events in Washington D.C. during the week of March 24, 2014 to highlight to policymakers and the media the importance of blood clot awareness and prevention support. Watch your email for details about these activities and how you can be involved in this important advocacy effort.
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Olympic Speed Skater Rebekah Bradford's Blood Clot Story
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Rebekah Bradford is a 2010 Olympian, a two time US Sprint Champion, and a Master Sprint World Champion in Speed Skating. She survived a life-threatening bilateral pulmonary embolism and major surgery to both knees to compete for a place on the USA Team headed to Sochi, Russia. She missed making the team by less than one tenth of a second but won the Gold Medal in our hearts. Read her inspiring story here.
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Walk to Stop the Clot Los Angeles - A Huge Success!
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Congratulations to all involved with Walk to Stop the Clot Los Angeles! The Walk, which was NBCA's first on the west coast, was a huge success and set a new fundraising record for a first-time NBCA special event. Read more.
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In the New York Times:
"With A-Fib Rhythms, Higher Odds of Stroke"
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Well known health writer Jane Brody's excellent article appeared in the Science News section on December 31. Read the full article here.
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Cancer and Blood Clots
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Did you know that cancer increases your risk of blood clots? Especially if you have hormone treatment. Read David Smith's story of cancer and PE here.
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"Blood Clot Blues"
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Mark Hackely turned his DVT experience into awareness by writing and performing the"Blood Clot Blues." Read his story and watch the video here.
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