When the Detroit Lions signed edge rusher DJ Wonnum, they got more than just a player with starting experience. They brought in someone who understands how to overcome tough challenges. While with the ...

The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released unified national guidelines for diagnosing and ...

Every year, nearly 900,000 Americans are affected by venous thromboembolism (VTE), a condition in which blood clots form in ...

Fighting back is relatively simple. It involves staying active and keeping the blood flowing.

A clot occurs when blood, which is usually liquid and flowing, thickens, becomes more gelatinous, and forms a clump. This is useful to halt excessive bleeding when you have an injury, but some blood ...

Knowing your blood type can be beneficial for a number of reasons, including receiving the best transfusion for you, but it can also help you to protect your health. If you don't know what type you ...

As we explore more of the universe, the physical impacts of living in microgravity continue to be one of the primary obstacles to long-term space trav.

A clotbusting drug commonly used to treat ischemic stroke interacts negatively with a promising anti-inflammatory treatment (anakinra), underscoring the need to test new stroke therapies alongside ...

New guidelines from the American Heart Association and ACC warn that pulmonary embolism, a sudden lung artery blockage, can turn fatal within hours. Often underdiagnosed, symptoms like breathlessness ...

A trial directly comparing two commonly used blood-thinning drugs found that one carries a lower risk of dangerous bleeding ...

The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) have recently released the first guideline ...

A trial directly comparing Eliquis and Xarelto - two commonly used blood-thinning drugs from ​the same class of medicines - found that Eliquis carries a clearly lower risk of dangerous bleeding in ...