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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Medicine: Hardening Arteries. 3 minute read. TIME. February 18, 1952 12:00 AM GMT-5. ... which control the contraction of leg arteries. The nerve operation was helpful, ...

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

Doctor’s Tip: Non-heart attack health issues related to hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) Opinion | Feb 16, 2023. ... DISEASE involves atherosclerosis in the arteries in the lower ...

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).

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is caused by atherosclerotic blockages in arteries in the legs, leading to need for surgery to open or bypass the blockages, and sometimes amputation. Angina is ...

Hardening of the arteries: Platelets, ... A second group of patients with atherosclerosis in vessels in their legs also demonstrated evidence of elevated SOCS3 proteins, ...

Let's start with what we mean by "hardening of the arteries." This occurs as we age when cholesterol and similar substances ge... $2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW. Read Today's Paper Friday, May 16.

Years ago, older people complained of poor circulation in their legs and feet, and they and their doctors pretty much wrote off the problem as an inevitable sign of aging.