Vascular surgeon Dr. Sumit Kapadia advocates simple ankle pump exercises to combat leg fatigue from prolonged sitting. These ...

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a condition that causes a clot in a vein (often in your legs), can sometimes develop without warning—especially when you’re traveling or seated for long stretches at a time ...

Each year, around 900,000 people in the United States are affected by pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which are conditions involving blood clots. Though there are many causes of ...

When most of us think of a serious medical emergency, we usually think of sudden events such as heart attacks, strokes or serious injuries from a car crash. But some threats develop quietly, with ...

Patients who are bedridden or unable to move their legs are often at risk of developing Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), a potentially life-threatening condition caused by blood clots forming along the ...

Blood clots naturally occur to keep your body from losing too much blood after an injury. If your body does not properly break down a clot, you may develop a serious condition called a deep vein ...

Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are two related conditions that affect the circulatory system. DVT occurs when a blood clot forms in a deep vein, usually in the leg, while PE happens when ...