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.

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 can prove harmful for your heart, which is why understanding its causes and risk factors is important.

Others are caused by a piece of plaque in a carotid artery in the neck that breaks off and travels to the brain where it blocks an artery. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is caused by ...

We're all familiar with fat and cholesterol build-ups in heart arteries. But it can happen in the extremities, especially the legs. Learn more about Peripheral arterial disease.

The link between atherosclerosis -- the hardening of the body's arteries -- and erectile dysfunction is well known to doctors. If you have ED, understanding the connection might save your life ...

By Dr. Peter Haigh University of Kentucky We have known for decades that smoking tobacco is bad your health. Quitting smoking ...