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Because DVT is associated with cramped airline seats, it came to be known as economy-class syndrome. (Former Vice President Al Gore, however, developed DVT in aircraft with plenty of leg room while he was campaigning for the presidency.) Many doctors suspected that the clots might be caused by low air pressure or changes in oxygen concentration during flight, in part because mountain climbers are known to develop DVT at high altitudes. But no one knew for sure...
Instead, the biggest risk factor for DVT seems to be how much time you spend in an airplane seat. An earlier study of more than 135 million passengers found that those who traveled more than 3,100 miles in one trip were 150 times as likely to develop clots. That can happen on the ground too. David Bloom, an NBC war correspondent, died in 2003 after developing DVT while reporting in Iraq. It was believed to have been caused by dehydration (which thickens the blood) and the cramped condition of the armored vehicle he traveled...
Research indicates that the vast majority of people who develop DVT, on or off a plane, have at least one other risk factor, such as cancer, circulation problems, a family history of thrombosis or a bad knee or hip. Pregnant women or women on birth control pills are also at higher risk...
Some companies are trying to hide the functionality of luggage altogether. Valextra, the Italian high-end leather-goods brand, recently came out with the Avietta, a sleek leather briefcase sporting a hidden handle and silent synthetic wheels that took three years to develop. "I wanted to give the businessman something that could jump from the airplane right into a board meeting," says Massimo Suppancig, CEO of Valextra...
...aiming at the roughly 61 million people who are uninsured or underinsured. PlanetHospital's founder, "Rudy" Rupak Acharya, says his agency, which in the past seven months has sent some 200 patients abroad, got 11,000 inquiries in March alone. He has just retained Mercer to help him develop an insurance plan for the uninsured that will combine primary and emergency care in the U.S. with surgery abroad...