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, ...

Q: My right calf starts aching when I exercise. My doctor said she wants to do a test that is like taking my blood pressure in my leg instead of my arm. Does that make any sense? A: I can understand ...

It’s no secret that as we get older, our bodies start to react differently to the same activities. Clutching the pages of a paperback can cause cramping in the hands. Retrieving groceries from ...

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.

Early symptoms of Peripheral Artery Disease include leg pain, numbness, and slow healing. Know how to spot poor blood circulation early.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - Between 8 and 12 million Americans are affected by peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, where the arteries that bring blood to the legs are blocked by atherosclerotic ...

An inflamed arterial wall tips the balance toward a plaque rupture-the kind of event that can trigger a heart attack or stroke in an instant. In paral ...

More than 8 million older Americans have a condition that can cause leg pain when they walk even short distances. Yet half of those who have the condition don’t know it and consequently don’t get ...

Stanford researchers implanted a drug-coated, flexible, metal-mesh tube called a drug-eluting stent into the superficial femoral artery in a patient's thigh. Researchers hope the drug coating will ...

Some patients with COVID-19 develop symptomatic arterial thrombosis in their legs that is difficult to eradicate by usual means and portends worse outcomes, new data show. The small study of COVID-19 ...