Pulmonary Embolism

A sud­den block­age in a lung artery, usu­al­ly caused by a blood clot that trav­eled from else­where in the body — a med­ical emer­gency.

Sleep research — includ­ing Stan­ford’s SleepFM study — has found that sig­nals record­ed dur­ing a sin­gle night’s sleep can be asso­ci­at­ed with future risk of this and relat­ed con­di­tions. This is gen­er­al infor­ma­tion, not a diag­no­sis. Learn about the research behind this entry →