Now that unnecessary heart-stent procedures happen significantly less often, doctors are flagging a new area of concern: unnecessary leg stents. Some physicians are stenting leg arteries and removing ...

(Reuters) - Medical device reviewers said a Cook Medical stent coated with a common cancer-fighting drug was safe and effective for treating clogged arteries in the thighs. Zilver PTX, the first ...

(Reuters) - U.S. medical device reviewers said a Cook Medical stent coated with a common cancer-fighting drug was safe and effective for treating clogged arteries in the thighs. Zilver PTX, the first ...

CLEVELAND — One in 20 Americans over age 50 has Peripheral Arterial Disease, or P.A.D. Not only does it raise the risk of heart attack and stroke, it can also lead to leg amputation. It happens when ...

For many of the 2 million to 3 million Americans with leg pain from narrowed arteries, exercise could be more effective than some surgeries, a University of Minnesota researcher says. The primary ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new stent that dissolves in the body could help prevent limb loss in people. The team at The Christ Hospital Health Network is among the first in the nation to use a new, ...

If you suffer from severe leg pain, it may be more than just tension, arthritis, or joint problems. It may be the sign of something much bigger. There's a clinical trial that's helping patients who ...

(Reuters) - U.S. health advisers on Thursday unanimously backed a new Cook Medical stent coated with a common cancer-fighting drug to treat clogged arteries in the thighs. A panel of outside experts ...

SEEMS LIKE A DISTANT MEMORY. A WOMAN WHO SAW OUR REPORT LAST YEAR AND CONTACTED DR. KIM UNDERSTANDS THAT COMPLETELY. HERE’S HER STOR AS MICHELLE HARRIS RUNS A LOOP THROUGH MEADOWOOD PARK, SHE IS DOING ...

Drug-coated "scaffolds" that are placed in the arteries and then melt away over time could offer a new treatment for people with painfully clogged leg arteries, an early study suggests. Researchers ...

NATICK, Mass. (AP) -- Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said Thursday it received U.S. approval for a new type of stent to treat blocked arteries in the legs. The Food and Drug ...

Adding cilostazol - an antiplatelet medication used to treat leg pain - tended to prevent re-blockage of carotid artery stents within two years, according to late breaking science presented today at ...