While primarily thought of as a women’s issue, though men are generally less concerned with the visual appearance of their legs, varicose veins affect men as well as women. Men are less apt to seek treatment than women because they feel they would only be doing so out of vanity. The truth is that varicose […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...A new surgical tool has been developed that could prove useful in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or clotting of the blood in deep veins that typically shows up in the legs. Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced earlier this summer that they’ve […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...If you’re a cigarette smoker, you may want to stop for a moment and consider the effect it’s having on your cardiovascular system – particularly, your heart, arteries and vein health. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, cigarette smoking causes one out of every five deaths in America each year. It’s considered […]
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