WHEN new mum Zoe McGroarty was hit with chills and agonising shoulder pain, she knew something wasn’t right. The 32-year-old ...

An inside look at how clots can travel through the bloodstream and cause a pulmonary embolism.

Elizabeth Simms was 27 and pregnant when she was struck with a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. Her fourth pregnancy had been generally uncomplicated. Elizabeth was busy chasing her three young ...

Every six minutes, someone in the U.S. dies from a blood clot. During Blood Clot Awareness Month, health experts say most Americans still don't know they're at risk.

March marks Blood Clot Awareness Month, a crucial time to highlight a health risk that often goes unnoticed. Doctors are raising awareness about the dangers of blood clots, particularly when they form ...

A Chinese research team has developed the world's first blood-based diagnostic kit that can tell whether lung nodules are benign or cancerous, including very small nodules that are often difficult to ...

Her passing underscores the urgent, preventable risk of cancer-associated blood clots — the second leading cause of death in ...

MUSC Health has become the first site in South Carolina to offer balloon angioplasty to people with disabling symptoms from chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, also known as CTEPH.

O’Hara’s sudden passing on January 30 at age 71 has drawn attention to a medical emergency that can unfold rapidly. What makes this condition especially alarming is that it can ...

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Early detection and prompt treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE), a sudden and potentially life-threatening blood clot that blocks arteries in the lungs, is critical.