National Diabetes Awareness Month’s focus each November is on highlighting prediabetes and sharing strategies to prevent diabetes from developing in the first place. Approximately 30 million Americans live with diabetes; […]
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Angioplasty is a non-surgical procedure to widen arteries that have become clogged with arterial plaque (a substance consisting of cholesterol, cellular waste, fibrin, calcium, and fatty deposits). Blood can’t flow […]
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What is Peripheral Artery Disease? Peripheral artery disease or PAD is a progressive circulatory condition caused by plaque buildup that leads to narrowed arteries in people over the age of […]
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Did you know that one in three adults – or about 103 million people in the United States – have high blood pressure? That’s nearly a third of the U.S. […]
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You’ve probably heard the terms coronary heart disease (CHD) or artery disease in connection with heart health. The two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but the difference is that coronary […]
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When it comes to peripheral artery disease, two of the most significant arteries to understand are the iliac arteries. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a condition where one or more […]
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It might not seem obvious that there are several key differences between arteries vs. veins, but there are. The vascular system is complex and intriguing, and it is made up […]
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