embolism
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A lawsuit filed by Scott Winters, a 55-year-old pastor from Florida, claimed ChatGPT told him not to seek medical help after repeatedly asking about symptoms in the build-up to a near-fatal pulmonary embolism.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Pulmonary embolism and hereditary coagulopathy — an arterial blockage in the lungs and issues with blood clotting either too much or too little — contributed to his death, People said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Partaking in them is not without risk—ozone therapy, for example, has the potential side effect of something called an air embolism, which can lead to a stroke or heart attack.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
His poker playing intensified from casual games around the office to high-stakes matches following a pulmonary embolism that nearly killed him, Goldstein said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
On the other hand, it could have been an embolism, because your blood clots much more easily when you are lying down for a long time, like when you are in hospital.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
There are AI competitors like AIdoc, which started with pulmonary embolisms, and OpenEvidence, which doctors use to help diagnose diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Dr Lee has accused the prosecution of misinterpreting his research and he has since published an update discounting a link between marks on the skin and air embolisms.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025
Exactly two weeks beforehand, however, my mother was rushed to the ER with critical embolisms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
For many patients who undergo butt lifts and related procedures, complications like blood clots or embolisms, which can be fatal, are a bigger concern than the cartels.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Moreover, the same principle has wide application in case of the human subject in disease, such as the lesion of nerve tracts or the destruction of centres by localized tumors, by embolisms, or by traumatisms.
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith
