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...
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Smoking has long-term impact on peripheral artery disease risk
Ning Ding, M.B.B.S., from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues evaluated data from 13,355 participants (aged 45 to 64 years) in the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities study without PAD, CHD, or stroke at baseline (1987 to 1989). The authors sought to assess the long-term association of cigarette smoking and cessation with the incidence of PAD, CHD,...
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Space technology can help patients walk around their neighborhood
by Purdue University Stephen Scott is now able to stand longer and walk longer distances thanks to a new therapy being developed by Purdue researchers to treat peripheral artery disease. Credit: Mark Simons/Purdue University The countdown and final checklist review happen every morning for Stephen Scott. He gets up in the early morning hours to make his coffee....