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While traffic-related air pollution is common worldwide and is the source of many health problems, little is known about its impact on vascular health, particularly among people with cardiovascular disease.
Now, a new study finds that exposure to traffic-related pollution is associated with peripheral artery disease […]
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Off the Charts is a series where experts answer your questions about heart and brain health. This week’s question is about peripheral artery disease, a problem that affects more than 8.5 million Americans.
Q: “I am contacting you from Scotland to ask if you have any […]
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Aruna Pradhan, M.D., grew up in the 1970s in Selma, Alabama, when the small Southern city was tending to wounds from its years of racial unrest.
She was bothered by things she saw and even experienced as a teenager, but she was not sure just what […]
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Although many people dismiss leg pain as a normal sign of aging, the cause may be life- or limb-threatening for 8.5 million Americans, according to the American Heart Association.
Peripheral artery disease or PAD often goes undetected and untreated. It happens when fatty deposits build up […]
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Medicare will now cover supervised exercise therapy for a vascular condition that affects about 8.5 million Americans, according to a decision issued Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The long-awaited decision means other insurers will likely follow suit.
Medicare will cover the therapy for […]
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Eating three or more servings of fruit and vegetables a day may help keep peripheral artery disease away.
In a new study on 3.7 million people, those who reported eating three or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables had 18 percent lower odds of PAD […]
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The good news is that the death rate from heart disease and stroke in the United States declined 50 percent over the last 35 years, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The bad news is that there are […]
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MINNEAPOLIS — Simple calf muscle stretching may reduce leg pain when walking and increase blood flow for people with peripheral artery disease, preliminary data suggest.
In a study presented Friday at the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology/Peripheral Vascular Disease 2017 Scientific Sessions, participants […]
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A new Medicare proposal would cover supervised exercise therapy for patients with peripheral artery disease, or PAD, that is causing symptoms, according to a draft decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
PAD occurs when plaque builds up in the arteries and the legs […]
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PORTLAND, Oregon — Changes to the eye’s tiny blood vessels could predict a higher risk for a dangerous circulation condition in the legs that, in turn, can lead to amputation, heart attack or stroke, according to a new study released Wednesday.
Researchers studied 9,390 adult participants […]
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