February 2, 2010 — The risk for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is low for 3 months after a single negative result on whole-leg compression ultrasound (CUS) examination, according to the results of a ...

Medically reviewed by Danielle McNeil, D.P.M Varicose vein treatments decrease symptoms, prevent complications such as leg pain, blood clots, or sores (ulcers), and sometimes eliminate them. For some ...

Dr. Nisha Bunke, the medical director at La Jolla Vein & Vascular, said she would never ignore skin discoloration and itching around the ankles and lower legs, as this change can be a sign of a ...

HOUSTON – Millions of Americans suffer from varicose veins, twisted or enlarged veins that you can see just under the surface of the skin. Childbirth and weight gain are just two of the causes, but ...

NEW ORLEANS — Do your legs ache, cramp, or swell? There is a condition that you may have that millions in the U.S. have been living with for years, that is being misdiagnosed. And it's a condition ...

Venous insufficiency is when blood flows down the legs but can’t flow back up toward the heart. Vein disease is caused when the tiny, one-way valves in the veins become stressed and damaged. This ...

Barcelona, Spain: If doctors in hospital emergency departments are trained to carry out ultrasound on patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT), they can nearly halve the time the patients ...

Openwater has developed a low-intensity focused ultrasound device that might one day noninvasively disrupt microclots in long ...

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) or Willis-Eckbom disease is a neurological disorder in which the person who suffers from it has a constant urge to move his or her legs. RLS most strongly affects people ...

Millions of Americans suffer from varicose veins, twisted or enlarged veins that you can see just under the surface of the skin. Childbirth and weight gain are just two of the causes. But now, doctors ...