Learn more about an umbilical cord complication known as velamentous cord insertion and how doctors manage it.

Venous hypertension affects veins in the legs and the way blood circulates to the heart. Learn about symptoms of venous ...

A blood clot is a gel-like mass of blood that can form as a natural part of wound healing. But blood clots that occur within arteries or veins can be dangerous and even life-threatening if they block ...

This mix can stick to the walls of the arteries, making these blood vessels narrower. When this happens, it is called atherosclerosis. Clogged or blocked arteries can stop fresh blood from ...

A human placenta has been found in a public park in Oldham, police said on Friday night. Greater Manchester Police said medics have advised a birth occurred within the last 24 hours, and it's ...

Jugular vein distention (JVD) causes a bulge in the veins running down the right side of a person’s neck. It results from increased pressure in a large vein called the vena cava. JVD can signify ...

(AP Photo/Eric Gay) Damian Lillard has no timeline to return to the Milwaukee Bucks after being diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his right calf. The blood-clotting disorder also recently cut ...

According to 16th century anatomist, Matteo Realdo Colombo, the afterbirth looked like a “flat-cake”, and so he named it “placenta ... for instance – deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in ...

Lillard was later diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot) in his right calf, the Bucks announced Tuesday night. A timetable for a possible return this season has not been reported.

(AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard likely will be sidelined indefinitely, with the team announcing Tuesday night that he has deep vein thrombosis in ...

Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard has been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his right calf, the team announced on Tuesday. He has been ruled out indefinitely and has been put on blood ...