By Kirstin Rizk February is National Heart Month, so regardless of your age or health status, take a moment to appreciate all that your heart and arteries do for you! This is the month to focus on your cardiovascular health as a whole. You know the importance of the heart and that you need it [...] Read More... The post National Heart Month: Preserve the Length and Quality of Your Life appeared first on Modern Vascular ..read more

By Kirstin Rizk It’s Black History Month, the time we both reflect on the history of racism and oppression, but also focus on the persisting effect of that past. Today, there are still staggering gaps in healthcare outcomes affecting African Americans.  For example, African Americans are at a significantly higher risk than non-Hispanic whites for [...] Read More... The post Black History Month & the Pursuit of Health Equity appeared first on Modern Vascular ..read more

In Canada, it is likely to take more than a half of a year before a chance at relief from the pain of peripheral artery disease (PAD). A survey conducted in September of 2022 found that 41% of Canadians (approximately 12.8 million people) had a difficult time accessing or were totally unable to access key [...] Read More... The post Why Canadians Are Heading South for Warmth – and Medical Treatment appeared first on Modern Vascular ..read more

On average, individuals gain nearly two pounds between Thanksgiving and the New Year. People with a BMI over 25 were more at risk for gaining extra weight during the holidays.1Obesity and diabetes are two risk factors for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), and the extra few pounds could increase your PAD symptoms. What can you do to stay [...] Read More... The post Your Health and the Holidays: What to Eat to Manage Your PAD Symptoms During the Holidays appeared first on Modern Vascular ..read more

The National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, the American Diabetes Association (ADA), established November as National Diabetes Awareness Month in 1975. It’s not only a chance to highlight the management of diabetes, but also drive the awareness to Peripheral Artery Disease, (PAD) since diabetes is one of the prevalent risk factors for the [...] Read More... The post National Diabetes Awareness Month appeared first on Modern Vascular ..read more

What are Compression Socks? Did you know that more than 6.5 million people in the United States over the age of 401 have peripheral artery disease? For many patients with PAD, exercising, dieting and quitting tobacco use are some of the ways you can manage symptoms. Another beneficial way to reduce symptoms is by using compression [...] Read More... The post Compression Socks & PAD appeared first on Modern Vascular ..read more

Did you know that adults need to walk an average of 10,000 steps daily to lose weight and stay healthy? Keeping active is even more important when you have problems with diabetes or vascular disease. However, these conditions also come with problems like foot fissures. These painful cracks make it difficult to keep active and can also [...] Read More... The post What are Foot Fissures? appeared first on Modern Vascular ..read more

What’s the Deal with Pain at Rest & Critical Limb Ischemia? One of the common symptoms that patients experience during their Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) journey is rest pain. In the beginning stages of PAD, rest pain is identified as a burning sensation of the lower extremities; the legs, feet, or toes. This is caused [...] Read More... The post What is Rest Pain? appeared first on Modern Vascular ..read more

By Kirstin Rizk Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide[1] and has been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for over a century.[2] Originally, it was largely thought of as a man’s disease, and researchers did not consider if it might affect women differently from men. Ultimately, it was identified that [...] Read More... The post Learning From the Past: Differences in PAD Based on Gender appeared first on Modern Vascular ..read more

Written By Kirstin Rizk Seventy-year-old U.S. Army Veteran and former police officer, Paul Kaminski, was still mourning the loss of his wife of nearly 50 years when he started having pain while walking. He’d have to pause at his mailbox to let his calf muscles recover before heading back inside. He had given up golf. [...] Read More... The post Patient Stories: Keeping Veterans on Their Feet appeared first on Modern Vascular ..read more