SEPTEMBER IS VASCULAR DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH. A DISEASE THAT AFFECTS ARTERIES, VEINS AND LYMPHATICS. I’M JOINED NOW LIVE BY DOCTOR WILLIAM TONGUE, WHO’S A VASCULAR SURGEON AT UPMC. THANKS SO MUCH FOR ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Millions of Americans have peripheral artery disease, a ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG)– Today on Take 5 we are joined by Vascular Surgeon Dr. Nicholas Clapper from Vascular Associates of South Alabama. Watch above as Dr. Clapper answers the following: What is ...

Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness: What You Need to Know September is Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month, and to help raise awareness, Dr. Carlos Rueda, a vascular surgeon with the ...

End stage peripheral vascular disease (PVD) presents a higher risk of serious complications, such as gangrene or a heart attack. Treatment with surgery is usually necessary, and severe cases may ...

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a blood circulation disorder that causes some of your blood vessels to narrow, block, or spasm. Some lifestyle changes, such as exercising and quitting smoking, ...

Sometimes, aches and pains get dismissed as a normal part of getting older. In the case of peripheral artery disease, or PAD, ...

Though many people think of injuries or accidents when they think of amputations, more than half result from complications of cardiovascular issues, leading amputations caused by the effects of ...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, despite intensive research ...

When University of Texas at Arlington researcher Paul J. Fadel and his colleagues launched a study on vascular health in ...

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