Fat embolism management may consist of a combination of supportive care and medications, as well as orthopedic surgery to help address related bone fractures. Fat embolism refers to a collection of ...

This summer I wrote an article about my experience with a postsurgical pulmonary embolism, hoping that sharing my story would help others take their own medical warning signs seriously. Hundreds of ...

Boston Scientific is recommending updates to the instructions for use (IFU) for certain access systems for its Watchman FLX left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) device to help mitigate the risk of ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located on a distal, or distant and less central, branch of the pulmonary arteries. Treatment can depend on symptoms and risk factors. A subsegmental ...

Throughout the last year, Hailey Okula, known as “Nurse Hailey” on Instagram, kept fans posted on her infertility journey and excitement while getting ready to welcome her first child with her husband ...

Hailey Okula — a nursing influencer known as “Nurse Hailey” — died late last month of complications from giving birth to her first child, her husband Matthew Okula, announced in a heartbreaking ...

PEOPLE. IT’S THE SIMPLE THINGS. FOR LEAH WALKER HOLDING HER BABIES IN HER ARMS, MAKING THEM BOTTLES, MOMENTS SHE DOESN’T TAKE FOR GRANTED, MOMENTS SHE ALMOST DIDN’T GET TO HAVE. WHEN I GET TO HAVE ...

A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a sudden blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in the lungs, typically caused by a blood clot that has traveled from the deep veins in the legs (a condition known as ...

Thrombosis and embolism are both blood clots that reduce or block blood flow inside your blood vessels. They’re two different yet serious conditions. Here’s a look at the differences and similarities.

Your heart is normally a well-oiled machine. Blood that carries oxygen all over your body enters the right side through veins and flows through your lungs to pick up more oxygen. Then blood moves to ...

Arriving in the U.S. after a 14-hour flight, a passenger suddenly has trouble breathing and collapses. The culprit: a blood clot in their lungs known as a pulmonary embolism, in which platelets have ...