I had an interesting conversation recently regarding leg pain. A friend confided that her husband has been complaining about leg pain in his calf muscles when he has to walk any distance. At first, ...

A new treatment has arrived for a condition that feels like a 'heart attack in the legs', caused by blocked arteries ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Outside the Lou Walker Senior Center in South DeKalb County, a group of seniors is getting a quick blood pressure check. The cuffs aren't just wrapped around their arms. They're ...

Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is when the valves in the leg veins don’t work right and inappropriately allow blood to flow backward, back into the legs/feet from the effects of gravity. This is ...

Every year, millions of people develop dangerous blood clots in their legs without realizing the life-threatening risk growing within their bodies. These formations, medically known as deep vein ...

If these valves or flaps do not work properly, blood can flow backwards and pool in the vein, causing it to stretch and bulge ...

Blood vessels in the legs or heart sustain considerable damage when they are narrowed by poor circulation from diabetes or blocked in a heart attack. To repair them, researchers have tried using ...

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are two of the most common, dangerous types of blood clots. Here's ...