by Lori Solomon There may be an association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to a review published online Nov. 30 in Rheumatology International. Tayser Zoubi, from Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and Hendry Gordon, Ph.D., from Glasgow Caledonian University in the United Kingdom, conducted a systematic literature review to examine the...
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) develops silently, narrowing blood vessels until a shortfall in the supply of nutrients and oxygen causes cramps and leg pain, explained Dr. Faisal Aziz, chief of vascular surgery at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. “Pain with physical exertion is a classic, hallmark sign,” Aziz said in a Penn...
By Catharine Paddock PhD Fact checked by Gianna D’Emilio Scientists have discovered that blood circulating around the body contains bone-like particles. They found the particles in blood samples from healthy humans and rats. They suggest that the bone-like particles could be evidence of ossification in bone marrow vessels. The team also proposes that the particles...
by Matt Batcheldor, Vanderbilt University Peripheral artery disease (PAD)—a narrowing of the arteries serving the legs and feet —affects as many as 12 million Americans and 200 million people worldwide. It is a manifestation of clogged arteries, but until now, scientists lacked information about why some people with the disease presented with problems with their...
A stem cell therapy did not improve walking ability in people with peripheral artery disease, although exercise did lead to significant improvements, according to the results of a new Northwestern Medicine clinical trial. The study, which will be published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), was led by Dr. Mary McDermott, the Jeremiah...
DALLAS, Oct. 31, 2017 — High and high-normal levels of a thyroid hormone called FT4, were associated with artery disease and death in elderly and middle-aged people, according to new research in Circulation Research, an American Heart Association journal. Researchers analyzed data from 9,420 participants (average age 65, 57 percent women) in the Rotterdam Study looking...
