Few bodily functions are as misunderstood as blood clots. While most people have heard about blood clots in the heart or brain causing serious issues or even death, fewer realize that blood clotting ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — March is National Blood Clot Awareness Month, and this past year, Corewell Health's Butterworth Hospital has been named a Center of Excellence by the National Blood Clot ...

Squeezing a spot or plucking out a nose hair could land you in hospital with a life-threatening infection. It may sound ...

Blood clots are among the most feared medical emergencies, and for good reason. They can lead to heart attacks, strokes and death. But not all clots are dangerous. In fact, clotting is a natural and ...

U.S. health officials recommended pausing administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday amid reports of rare but serious blood clots. "Hitting pause doesn't mean there is a ...

LOOKING at the bright red clots of blood she’d coughed onto the tissue, Elysha Sacre felt a wave of panic. What had begun ...

When blood vessels, which carry blood throughout your body, get injured, clots form to stop the bleeding. As you heal, your body should absorb the clots and they should dissolve. Sometimes, however, ...

Genetic research in Sweden has unveiled three new gene variants that dramatically increase the risk of venous blood clots, sometimes by up to 180%. These discoveries build on existing knowledge of ...

Chris Staniforth, 20, dies from blood clot. Aug. 2, 2011— -- The family of a 20-year-old British man who died as a result of a blood clot that formed after playing video games for up to 12 hours ...

Every year, millions of people develop dangerous blood clots in their legs without realizing the life-threatening risk growing within their bodies. These formations, medically known as deep vein ...