National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a gene that causes a rare but extremely painful buildup of calcium in the arteries of legs and hands, the first mystery that has been ...

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), hardening of the arteries in the leg, is a marker for premature cardiovascular events and vascular-related death.

If, as doctors like to say, a man is as old as his arteries, King George VI was older than his years. Never robust, he spent uncounted hours standing stiffly at public ceremonies or walking before ...

African-Americans are more likely to have problems with circulation in their legs due to hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis, according to a national study of more than 15,000 adults.

For the first time, researchers have linked the hardening of arteries to blood clots in veins, a finding that could trigger new research in the effort to prevent the blockages that kill thousands ...

Two conditions within this category are atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis, which are often confused.Both conditions involve changes in the arterial walls. However, arteriosclerosis is the general ...

Q. What screening tests are available to look for hardening of the arteries in a person like me who has no symptoms? A. Let's start with what we mean by "hardening of the arteries." This occurs as ...

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE involves atherosclerosis in the arteries in the lower extremities, which can lead to poor circulation in the legs, leg pain when walking (known as claudication), nonhealing ...

Hardening of the arteries: Platelets, inflammation and a rogue protein conspire against the heart by Delthia Ricks, Phys.org ...

Those most affected by PVD are people who smoke, have high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol, or a family history of arteriosclerosis (hardening in the walls of the arteries).

In the elderly, moderate alcohol consumption may protect against leg artery disease, a condition in which the arteries in the legs become narrowed or clogged with fatty deposits, reducing blood ...

When it occurs in your heart arteries, the disorder can lead to a heart attack. In the arteries of your neck and brain, it may progress to a stroke. And in blood vessels that supply your legs, it ...