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When the Feet Tell a Bigger Story: Understanding Peripheral Arterial Disea
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], November 26: Diabetes often announces itself quietly, but the damage it causes to our blood vessels can be far from silent. Among the many complications it brings, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is one of the most overlooked--and yet one of the most revealing.
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Silent Threat to Legs and Life: Why PAD Awareness Matters
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 1: September is observed as Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) awareness month. Dr. Manisha Joshi, Senior Consultant - Interventional & Neuro Radiology at Rajagiri Hospital, Kochi, explains that PAD, in simple words, means occlusion of peripheral arteries (bl
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Indian preventive health-tech start-up introduces revolutionary device usi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 15: iiV Health Solutions, an emerging technology-driven innovative company in the preventive health-tech space in India, organized an interactive metaverse experience for dignitaries who attended the Rotary Community Care Excellence Awards held on June 3, 2
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Concept Medical's fourth IDE approval for the MagicTouch Sirolimus Coated
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Tampa (Florida) [US], May 29: The US FDA, on the 24th of May 2023, granted an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval for Concept Medical Inc's Sirolimus Coated Balloon (SCB) MagicTouch PTA for the treatment of Superficial Femoral Arteries (SFA). This marks the fourth IDE approval
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Are you getting enough sleep? Research shows short night-time sleep double
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Getting enough sleep is essential for maintaining optimal health and well-being. According to research published in the European Heart Journal - Open, an ESC journal, sleeping less than five hours each night is linked to a 74 per cent increased risk of developing peripheral arterial disease
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Short night-time sleep doubles risk of clogged leg arteries: Research
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Sleeping less than five hours each night is linked to a 74 per cent increased risk of developing peripheral arterial disease (PAD) compared to sleeping seven to eight hours, according to the conclusion of research published in the European Heart Journal - Open, an ESC journal.
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LIMES Randomised Controlled Trial about Sirolimus Coated Balloon in BTK ta
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Munster, (Germany), July 30 (ANI/PRNewswire): LIMES (Prospective Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of SiroLIMus Drug-Coated Balloon versus Standard Angioplasty for the Treatment of Infrapopliteal Occlusions in Patients with PEripheral Arterial DiSea
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MedAlliance announces completion of enrollment in Japanese SELUTION SLR
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): MedAlliance, with its Japanese partner MDK Medical, has completed enrollment in the clinical study of its novel Sirolimus Drug Eluting Balloon (DEB), SELUTION SLR™, for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
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Study suggests patients receiving low dose steroid at increased risk of ca
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): Glucocorticoids are steroids widely prescribed to treat a range of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. While high doses of steroids are known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, the impact of lower doses is unknown. A study suggests that even
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Never too late to start statins for clogged leg arteries: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 3 (ANI): Statins, a class of drugs that reduce illness and mortality in those who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease can also prove effective for those with the peripheral arterial disease even if they start its medication late after diagnosis.
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Study suggests pain-free exercise for patients with clogged leg arteries
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 20 (ANI): People suffering from the peripheral arterial disease should be given the option of pain-free exercise, suggests a new study, which has been published in the 'European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.'
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