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Blood Clots – How They Form and Common Causes Blood clotting, also called coagulation, is a process that occurs in the blood vessel during injury to prevent too much bleeding. Both platelets and plasma proteins play important roles in this process. Typically, blood clots spontaneously dissolve following an injury. However, there are blood clots that...

Hypertension puts America under a lot of pressure. Nearly half a million Americans died due to hypertension in 2018. Nearly half of adults have hypertension, yet only one-quarter of them have it under control. One reason why hypertension is so persistent is that there are many causes of hypertension. Yet, most people are not aware...