President William Ruto on July 9, 2025, directed police officers to shoot protesters targeting businesses, police stations, or attacking law enforcement in the legs, arguing that doing so would ...

Among patients with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease or foot ulcers, the use of semaglutide is linked to a ...

A new statement from leading heart and blood vessel experts in Europe is providing clinical guidance for treatments to prevent blood clots in patients with a serious condition called chronic limb ...

For patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia, revascularization should be used to prevent limb loss; this can also improve quality of life and functional status in patients with ...

The “2024 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical ...

The angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) telmisartan (Micardis) did not significantly improve walking performance in patients with lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a randomized ...

“Patients who have lower extremity PAD have a greater than 80% chance of having some degree of coronary artery disease or carotid artery stenosis (narrowing of the carotid arteries that supply ...

Although venous ulcers are the most common type of lower extremity ulceration, the differential diagnosis should include arterial ulcer, neuropathic ulcer, pressure ulcer, pyoderma gangrenosum ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD), also known as peripheral vascular disease (PVD), is a condition where narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the legs.

Due to circulation issues, particularly peripheral artery disease, these ulcers may not heal. This can lead to infection, tissue death, and potential lower limb loss.

Worrying regional disparities found in lower limb amputation caused by arterial disease A new study, led by researchers from the University of Sheffield and funded by the National Institute for Health ...