For those who are overweight or have very swollen legs, your surgeon may also recommend a compression pump, a plastic sleeve ...

Compression socks or stockings hug your calves in a way that encourages blood flow in the legs. One study in The Lancet found ...

A common myth about varicose veins is that they’re purely a cosmetic issue. Although some people may only experience ...

It started with vanity, as so many health sagas do. I've never had supermodel legs, but in my 30s and 40s, I started noticing thin, squiggly blue and purple veins mostly below my knees and around ...

Mind the pants. Hundreds of Londoners headed down to the Underground on Sunday afternoon, stripped down to their underwear ...

Surgery in moderately severe cases is minor and like a treatment for varicose veins of the leg: a chemical is injected to harden the vein’s walls and make it close down. In more severe cases ...

Preventing blood clots could be as simple as changing the wavelength of light exposure. Find out how this discovery could revolutionize thrombosis prevention.

“Foot massagers offer many benefits for at-home use,” says Carrie Riley, a lymphatic specialist and the founder of Cincinnati ...

If his D-dimer level becomes normal and his calf vein is recanalised, he can stop warfarin as low recurrent frequency of isolated calf DVT is evident. The patient in the Case 2 had a provoked risk ...

Back in the 1980s, a staple of almost every Scottish living room was a shelf of VHS tapes. As was the fashion of the era, these were often stowed ...

He’s ruled with absolute power for five decades, forever adding to his list of oracular pronouncements—about producing TV, ...