Cancer and some treatments for cancer may cause changes to your blood that can encourage the formation of blood clots. Having cancer can greatly increase your risk of a pulmonary embolism. A pulmonary ...

Chest pain after a pulmonary embolism is common and may last days or even weeks. In most cases, symptoms improve as the clot dissolves, but some people can develop chronic pain. This pain typically ...

Medical experts warn that "ghost symptoms" like back pain or mild cramping could be the only warning signs of a ...

If you’ve nicked a finger while chopping onions or gotten a gash on your knee from a fall, you likely experienced blood clotting, or coagulation, which prevents excessive bleeding when a blood vessel ...

When Donna Brovender’s daughter, Ali Senser, passed away from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 35, two days after giving birth, she was heartbroken. “Devastated would be an understatement,” ...

People Magazine reports that Serena Williams underwent emergency treatment at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday for hematoma, a complication of earlier treatment for a blood clot ...

What to do for a woman in her mid-20s who presented with shortness of breath on exertion that had been bothering her for the past 2 years? That's what Praveen Gupta, DM, of the Praveen Heart Clinic ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being. This Collection invites original research considering diagnostic criteria, prognosis evaluation, and ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Large-bore mechanical thrombectomy is superior to catheter-directed thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism, according to a randomized trial comparing the two interventions. Although ...