May 15, 2008 Thrombosis Strands Americans on Malta: “It’s hard to get upset when you have so little control over your situation. Besides, they made a very good crème brûlée as well as a sherry trifle in the hospital...
	December 10, 2007 Screening For Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: It is usually just recommended for men ages 65 and up, unless you have other risk factors...
	November 26, 2007 Silver For Treating Wounds : There are new methods for treating leg ulcers. Are they better than the old methods? And since they can be more expensive, are they worth it?
	November 12, 2007 The Silent Destroyer: Part Two: The connection between blood pressure and obesity is explored...
	November 05, 2007 High Blood Pressure: The Silent Destroyer: Even though hypertension is silent and usually causes no discernible symptoms, its destructive work proceeds...
	October 09, 2007 Saving The Diabetic Foot : When do you amputate a diabetic foot, and how much do you remove?
	September 24, 2007 Over-the-Counter High Blood Pressure Breathing Device Gets Nod of Approval: RESPeRATE is a promising option for high blood pressure sufferers...
	September 10, 2007 What Makes A Good Surgeon? What Makes A Good Hospital?: If you need surgery, you might be tempted to go shopping for the hospital with the lowest death rate...
	August 06, 2007 The Promise of Cord Blood: Visit any pregnancy-related website and you’re sure to be inundated with information about saving and storing your baby's cord blood...
	July 23, 2007 New Heart Implant May Help Prevent Stroke: A new heart implant device may help prevent stroke by preventing atrial fibrillation, a common type of irregular heartbeat...
June 15, 2007 New For Varicose Veins: Radiofrequency, Laser and Sclerotherapy: For 100 years, doctors have been using surgery to treat varicose veins. Now they're using less invasive methods...
March 23, 2007 Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention Tips: The American Physical Therapy Association says movement and simple exercises can help prevent airline aches, pains, and more complicated problems like DVT...
March 08, 2007 Special Cocoa May Lead to Sustained Improvement in Blood Vessel Function : Daily consumption of a Mars Inc. cocoa drink may have the potential to positively influence blood vessel health...
January 08, 2007 New Hope on the Horizon for Lung Cancer?: More and more doctors are now using a form of CT scan in smokers to spot small lung cancers, which are more easily cured...
November 28, 2006 Blood Test Could Revolutionize Lung Cancer Detection – and Save Millions of Lives : The battle against lung cancer is being fought, one advance at a time...
November 14, 2006 BOTOX Injections Work for Post-Stroke Spasticity, Improve Patient and Caregiver Quality of Life: This product's benefits extend far beyond wrinkles...
November 01, 2006 Depression Among Stroke Survivors: A Hidden Crisis: Depression can be devastating, but is common and treatable. You don't have to suffer in silence...
September 28, 2006 Recognizing A Stroke - And Getting Help: There has been an e-mail circulating through cyberspace telling of a woman’s death from stroke. The account goes...
September 08, 2006 Hope for Stroke Patients – Device for Clot Removal Gains Attention : Leave to the Californians – opening a bottle of wine with a corkscrew one day and pioneering medical technology that uses a corkscrew device to removed blood clots from stroke patients...
August 24, 2006 New Research Bodes Well for Treatment of Blood Clots: The ability of the blood to clot, sealing over wounds within moments is a wondrous thing. From cuts and scrapes on a toddler’s knee to blood draws and surgery as we age...
July 31, 2006 Spider Veins Update: It’s What You Do – and Who You See: “This is the first year for me – these spider veins,” said Sylvia Hammerstein who spoke to Veins1.com from a beach house...
July 14, 2006 Stroke in Women More Common than Most Realize – But Aspirin Can Lower Risk: Recently the American Heart Association (AHA) published new guidelines indicating that aspirin can be useful in preventing first strokes in high-risk women...
June 29, 2006 Don’t Blame Your Boss for Hypertension: It turns out that a heavy workload and a nasty boss don’t actually contribute to high blood pressure. A new study published in the May issue of Current Hypertension Reviews has found there is little evidence that the workplace leads to hypertension...
June 16, 2006 Senior Loneliness May Lead to Increased Blood Pressure: The risk of death from stroke and heart disease appears to be greatly increased by loneliness – especially in the elderly...
June 02, 2006 Cholesterol Drug May Help Clogged Arteries: A drug used to lower cholesterol in the blood is also proving to be effective in reversing atherosclerosis. A study published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association showed...
May 19, 2006 Less Sleep Could Mean Higher Blood Pressure: A good night’s rest does many things. It makes us less irritable, it improves our concentration and focus and it increases our energy. But according to new research, getting a solid night’s sleep may also help our bodies in a different way...
May 04, 2006 New Technique Makes Promising Headway for Infertility and Pelvic Pain: “This simple and elegant embolization technique allows us to treat testicular atrophy in young boys, reverse infertility in some men and relieve debilitating pain in women – all non-surgically,” said Robert White, Jr., M.D...
April 21, 2006 Slow Response Keeps Stroke Victims from Receiving Drug Therapy : A new study, published in a recent issue of Neurology, reports a startling conclusion; only 2 percent of admitted stroke victims received the clot-buster drug tPA...
April 07, 2006 Blood Sugar Levels – Something to Consider: Most everyone has had the experience of having their fasting blood sugar levels checked. It’s usually first thing in the morning since you can’t eat anything for eight hours before. There you are in the lab with your sleeve pushed up...
March 23, 2006 Striving for a Comeback – Part Two: “Mobility means freedom,” said 61-year-old David Lowell of northern Arizona, two weeks after suffering a severe stroke that affected his left side. “I never appreciated it before. Now, it’s like you’re trapped...
March 10, 2006 Striving for a Comeback – A Stroke Patient’s Story: One minute 61-year-old David Lowell was walking across his living room outside of Flagstaff, Arizona. The next he was on the floor trying to figure out what was happening to him and knowing it was serious...
February 22, 2006 Women’s Signs of Heart Disease Often Missed in Testing: When most of us hear the words heart attack, what comes to mind is the images of men, clutching their chests, falling to the ground and gasping for air before being rushed to the hospital...
February 02, 2006 New Hope in Treatment for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms : Fifty-three-year-old actor John Ritter died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm in 2003. The massive bleeding associated with the rupture resulted in death so suddenly there was no time to get to a hospital...
January 05, 2006 A Conversation with Dr. Frank Veith: Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Veith made pioneering contributions to limb-salvage surgery and the field of endovascular grafting. Veins1 caught up with Dr. Veith during the VEITHsymposium...
December 23, 2005 Skip the Scalpel, Vein Stripping is Not the Only Option: “Vein stripping is barbaric,” said Fred Keller, M.D. “I agree,” said interventional radiologist Jeremy Weiss, D.O. with grim emphasis in his voice...
December 02, 2005 A Personal Approach to Interventional Radiology: “Patients don’t want you just walk up and say ‘Hi, I’m a doctor and I’m going to stick this 15 centimeter biopsy needle into your body,” said Jeremy Weiss, D.O. and medical director of the Portland Endovascular and Interventional Radiology Center...
November 17, 2005 New Kid on the Block? – Part Two: Ask any European about where Americans stand on the conservative-liberal spectrum and the answer will be a resounding: ultra–right!...
November 03, 2005 New Kid on the Block? – Interventional Radiology 101: A History in Progress: Americans may let things like MRI, CAT scan and even angioplasty role off their tongues without so much as a backward glance, but should the conversation slip into the realm of IR-speak...
October 20, 2005 Varicose Veins – Can Removal be Covered by Insurance?: In today’s world we have increasingly more ways to tweak and correct our looks, improve our flaws and fix whichever parts of us affect our confidence. For many adults, this includes varicose veins...
October 06, 2005 Cheney Chooses Interventional Radiology : The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) might not have approved the technology – stent grafts – yet, but that didn’t stop Vice President Dick Cheney from choosing the procedure to repair bulges in the arteries behind his knees...
September 23, 2005 Testosterone May Protect Against Atherosclerosis: Despite previous evidence to the contrary, new findings suggest that the male hormone testosterone may actually help to protect middle-aged men against atherosclerosis, a precursor to several life-threatening disorders...
August 23, 2005 Help is on the Way for Spider Veins : A Canadian biopharmaceutical company will be helping to eliminate those unsightly spider veins. In mid-July, Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. company announced that its Pharma Division has launched Sotradecol Injection (Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate Injection), a drug shown to be an effective treatment...
August 10, 2005 Blood Donors Screened for West Nile Virus: It’s certainly nice to be able to count on the nation’s blood supply. And clearly, if we find ourselves in need of a blood transfusion, knowing the bag dangling from the IV pole is free from the West Nile virus is a relief...
July 06, 2005 IR Meets the Varicose Veins Challenge: Slowly but surely, interventional radiology (IR) is revolutionizing medicine as we know it. While IR physicians have successfully treated many varicose veins for some time with their minimally invasive techniques...
June 08, 2005 The Link Between Varicose Veins and Pelvic Pain : “Understanding that women with varicose veins in their legs might be at risk for pelvic congestion syndrome will help us treat them more effectively and comprehensively...
May 20, 2005 A Varicose Veins Primer: We’ve all seen them, and some of us have them. At the very least, the little patches of spider veins that can mark aging thighs not to mention the face as well. Worse cases feature a twisted, swollen network of full blown varicose veins running up the back – and even the fronts – of the calves...
April 13, 2005 AAA Screening Can Decrease Deaths in Men Who Have Smoked : A one-time screening may decrease the number of men who die from abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). Major risk factors for AAA include: Male sex, a history of ever smoking (as defined by 100 cigarettes during a person’s lifetime)...
February 23, 2005 New Stent a Leap Forward for Artery Disease Treatment : A new type of stent has come through its first clinical trial with favorable results, causing a great deal of excitement in the medical community. A stent is a small tube made out of metal mesh, used to keep arteries open and allow blood to continue circulating...
February 09, 2005 Potentially Fatal GI Bleeding Associated With Use of Cox-2 Drugs and Warfarin : Aging populations often have to treat more than one ailment at a time – arthritis and poor circulation being high on the list. Warfarin or Coumadin, is the drug of choice for controlling coagulation factors in the blood and thus preventing clots that cause strokes and heart attacks.
January 26, 2005 Preventing Vascular Disease: Dr. Enrico Ascher is a professor of Surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and is also director of Vascular Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. In the following interview, conducted on the first day of the Veith Symposium, Dr. Ascher shares advice for patients about how to prevent vascular disease.
December 01, 2004 Zebra Fish May Provide Key to Targeted Angiogenesis: A common tropical fish known as the zebra fish seems to have unwittingly provided scientists with revolutionary new information about how to repair blood vessel and nerve damage.
November 02, 2004 New Technology Makes Locating Veins Easier: Hospitals are beginning clinical trials of a new kind of imaging technology that will make locating veins for purposes such as blood tests and intravenous drips (IVs) easier.
August 19, 2004 Foam Therapy Renaissance for Varicose Veins: Dr. Charles McCollum and colleagues at Wynthenshawe Hospital of Manchester, UK, represent a growing trend in varicose vein research: the revitalization of foam therapy.
August 02, 2004 Researchers Hope Drug Brings Leg Relief: A study published in the August issue of the journal Sleep has found that the drug, ropinirole, can bring relief to people suffering from a condition known as Restless Legs Syndrome.
June 30, 2004 New Minimally-Invasive Bypass Technique Turns Vein Into Artery: An experimental bypass procedure known as percutaneous in-situ coronary venous arterialization (PICVA) was used successfully on a 53-year-old German man, says a report released in late May of this year.
June 14, 2004 Are You at Risk for DVT?: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a potentially fatal condition in which blood clots form in the deep veins that accompany arteries. If you are at risk for DVT, you may be able to take action to prevent it.
May 24, 2004 Parkinson’s Drug Helps to Relieve Symptoms of Restless Leg Syndrome: Low doses of pergolide, a drug commonly used to treat Parkinson’s disease, seem to offer relief for sufferers of the sleep disorder Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS).
April 20, 2004 New Research on Risk Factors for Varicose Veins: Researchers have reached new conclusions about what factors place people at risk for varicose veins. A recent study of over 1500 participants, conducted in Edinburgh, found that genetics, sex, and height are all factors related to the incidence of varicose veins, also called varices.
March 25, 2004 DVT: Preventative Care Needed For At-Risk Patients : Patients with a higher risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) usually receive the care they need to minimize their chances of developing the condition, a recent study found.
February 25, 2004 One Woman’s Struggle with Deep Vein Thrombosis: It wasn't until Gloria Wong finally found an Interventional Radiologist that she received the right treatment for her debilitating leg pain.
February 09, 2004 More Screening Urged for Limb-Threatening Condition: More physicians should screen for swelling of the artery behind the knee, an increasingly common condition that, left untreated, could lead to the loss of a leg, a prominent vascular surgeon said recently.
January 26, 2004 Researchers Study Restless Leg Ailment: Researchers at two Oregon hospitals are studying a common but rarely diagnosed ailment that causes millions of Americans to have a creepy-crawly feeling deep in their leg muscle or involuntarily kick their legs.
January 23, 2004 Drug May Reduce Restenosis by up to 40%: A drug used to treat peripheral vascular disease symptoms also may reduce renarrowing of arteries by as much as 40%.
January 05, 2004 Vein Stripping May Soon be History: Less-invasive varicose vein procedures are safer, offer better recovery and quality of life, surgeon says.
November 24, 2003 Riskiest Time for DVT is Two Weeks After Flying: Air travelers who take long-haul flights are 4 times more likely to develop deep vein thrombosis within the first two weeks after their flight, according to researchers in Australia.
November 06, 2003 Estrogen Patch Lowers Risk of Blood Clots: It’s not just hormones, it’s how you take them. Two new studies report that post-menopausal women who used estrogen patches or gel instead of pills had a lower risk of blood clots.
October 14, 2003 Minimally Invasive Procedure Treats Varicose Veins in the Pelvis: Varicose veins in the legs can be a nuisance and even embarrassing, but when they occur in the pelvis, varicose veins can cause constant discomfort and pain. It’s a condition called ovarian vein reflux, and it’s been under-diagnosed and rarely treated, until now.
September 10, 2003 Popular Cholesterol Drug Helps Patients With Arterial Leg Pain: For thousands of Americans over age 60, a weekend stroll is no walk in the park. Not only are they at risk for heart disease, but walking-induced leg pain can also put a cramp in their day.
July 15, 2003 UK: DVT Victims May Not Sue Airlines: Britain’s Court of Appeal upheld a lower court decision that long-distance travelers who develop blood clots—known as deep vein thrombosis—could not sue airlines for compensation.
July 03, 2003 Coach Class Syndrome Lawsuits Hit the UK: Long haul air travelers who developed life-threatening blood clots after flying, as well as family members of those who died of the syndrome known as deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, continued their legal battle against 18 international airlines in the Court of Appeal in London on July 1st. The judges are expected to announce their decision on Thursday.
June 02, 2003 Blocking Blood Vessels May Fight Cancer: The benefits so far are small, but a new study proves that scientists pursuing one of cancer treatment's most intriguing theories - that the way to attack a tumor's heart is through its blood supply - at least are on the right track.
April 09, 2003 Researchers Tie Hard Arteries, Vein Clots: 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 of people each year.
March 14, 2003 Stopping Sleepless Nights: "Creepy-crawly," "prickly," "tingling," and "twitching" ... These are the words typically used to describe one of the most common but relatively unknown sleep disorders in the United States: Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS).
February 24, 2003 Old Medicine Effective on Blood Clots: Steady low doses of an old-fashioned blood thinner have been shown to dramatically lower the risk of recurring, dangerous blood clots in the legs and lungs, offering the first effective treatment for an estimated 750,000 U.S. victims annually.
January 02, 2003 Diabetes No Reason to Hesitate About Vascular Surgery: People with diabetes have better postoperative survival rates following vascular surgery than people without diabetes, according to a new study.
December 19, 2002 Latest in DVT Research: International vascular surgeons and specialists are exploring both established and experimental treatments for deep vein thrombosis, a condition that occurs in approximately 2 out of 1,000 people.
December 02, 2002 Vascular Community Gathers for Veith Symposium: The program highlighted the latest and most significant advances in the treatment of vascular and endovascular diseases. This year's meeting engaged attendees with over 150 rapid-fire abstracts and discussions about new clinical practices, research and interventions.
October 06, 2002 New Vascular Therapy Device Receives FDA Clearance: CryoVascular’s Device, the PolarCath Peripheral Transluminal Angioplasty System, gently opens blocked peripheral arteries.
September 22, 2002 Legs for Life Starts Its Run: More than 10 million Americans have the potentially deadly peripheral vascular disease known as PVD, but few are aware of it. A nationwide campaign called Legs for Life is trying to change that by educating Americans about prevention, detection and treatment of PVD.
March 20, 2002 Study Links Eye Artery Narrowing to Heart Disease
January 24, 2002 Fear of Flying May Cause DVT: New research indicates that anxiety over flying may also be a contributing factor to the development of deep vein thrombosis.
June 22, 2001 Varicose Veins and Pregnancy: Nearly 40 percent of pregnant woman develop varicose veins during the course of their pregnancy. Read how you can help minimize the discomfort of pregnancy-related varicose veins.
June 08, 2001 Roller Coaster Concerns: Can a woman’s death be attributed to a park ride?
May 18, 2001 Economy Class Syndrome Back in the News: You can reduce your risk by wearing stockings
May 04, 2001 A Medieval Practice: Leeches are back by popular demand
March 14, 2001 World Health Organization To Study Flight Related Blood Clots : Research to Focus Upon DVT and Flying
February 08, 2001 A Common Source of Pain : Hemorrhoids—What You Need to Know
January 19, 2001 Frequent Flyers Might Want to Consider Upgrading to First Class: A small but real threat lurks in the coach sections of airplanes
January 03, 2001 Healing One Step at A Time : Platelet-Derived Growth Factors Help Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers
December 20, 2000 Continuous Regional Anesthesia is Changing the Field of Pain Management: New method of pain relief speeds orthopedic recoveries
December 06, 2000 Spotlight Shines on Varicose Vein Removal: Know your options and new methods available in varicose-vein removal.
October 12, 2000 How High is the Risk of Blood Clots for Women on the Pill?: Risk of venous thrombosis should not scare women away from the Pill
September 12, 2000 A Phenomenally Cold Disorder: A woman with Raynaud's discusses her disorder.
August 28, 2000 Doctors Develop Procedure to Remove Varicose Veins: Conventional treatments for varicose veins have been tedious and time-consuming. But a newer procedure using smaller incisions and shorter operating times, is causing more patients to remove the unsightly varicose veins.
August 17, 2000 Along Came a Treatment for Spider Veins: Spider veins form close to the surface of the skin and are small clumps of blood vessels.
August 11, 2000 Several Treatments Available for Intracranial Aneurysms: Advances in aneurysm treatments are helping to increase patient survival rates
July 31, 2000 Developments in Vascular Access Systems for Hemodialysis Patients: Advances in vascular access tool aim to reduce common complications associated with hemodialysis
July 31, 2000 Diseases are Diagnosed and Treated Using Ultrasound Technology: Say the word “ultrasound” and most people picture a doctor examining a pregnant woman’s fetus.
July 31, 2000 Reducing the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Candidates: Physicians have long known the risk of venous thromboembolism in surgical candidates.
July 21, 2000 Wear Those Shorts Again: New technological advances help to deal with unwanted varicose veins.
July 21, 2000 The Low-Down on Herbal Remedies for Vein Health: Can a dietary supplement help promote leg-vein health?