The article offers information on the findings of the study which states that if a person has a family medical history of peripheral artery disease (PAD), one is nearly twice as likely to get the condition.EBSCO_AspHarvard Heart Letter
Pain that causes limping may signal more than advancing years or arthritis--it may be the sign of poor blood supply to the legs caused by hardening or clogging of the arteries in the lower body, warns John P. Cooke, who directs the vascular medicine section at Stanford University Clinic. ...
Environmental exposure to low-levels of the toxic metals arsenic, cadmium and titanium appears to increase the risk of plaque buildup in arteries in the neck, heart and legs, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's journalArteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular...