Dear Doctor: Our uncle, who is 44, recently got diagnosed with a blood clot in his leg, and it was a medical emergency.
Our mom (she’s his older sister) is a nurse and says that because he’s so tall - 6-foot-4 - his risk is higher. Is that really true? I thought that it depended more on weight than height.
Dear Reader: Kudos to your mother, who is up on the latest research. According to a study publ…
