Blood clotting, also called coagulation, is a vital process the body uses after an injury to stop bleeding and help prevent infections. But sometimes, blood clots form inside an artery or vein, where ...

What is a blood clot? Blood clots normally form after an injury to protect your body from losing too much blood, but they can ...

Blood clots form when blood cells and factors in the blood thicken, forming a semi-solid mass. Sometimes, if the blood clot is caused by an injury, then it is considered protective, since it will plug ...

Blood clots, while often silent, can become life-threatening if not identified and treated promptly. These dangerous blockages in the bloodstream pose a significant risk to health, making awareness of ...

Traditionally, most heart attacks have been blamed on clogged arteries causing atherothrombosis – where blood clots block ...

Here’s what blood clots are, how they’re typically treated and what they actually feel and look like so you can know when ...

Doctors say they are homing in on the cause of blood clots that may be linked with certain coronavirus vaccines, and add their findings have important implications for how to treat the condition, ...

A headline warning people about purported adverse health effects linked to a popular breakfast staple began circulating on social media in late January. The article claims eggs are causing “thousands ...

The Food and Drug Administration limited the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in early May due to the risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, a condition that causes blood clots to form ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

The U.K.’s Meteorological Office warned about extreme heat in the United Kingdom in mid-July. However, the office did not warn about blood clots, as the office focuses on weather. See the sources for ...

A study by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found statistical signals for "modestly elevated risks" in four safety outcomes after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination, including pulmonary embolism, in ...