Glossary

A vein doctor specializes in the treatment of your varicose or spider veins. These are veins that look like huge, bluish, squiggly, squishy worms beneath your skins surface. Age and heredity are both factors that contribute to your having varicose veins as well as being overweight or pregnant. Bu ...Continue Reading

Everyone has veins in their bodies. Some veins are deep inside the body and some are superficial. The function of all veins is to carry deoxygenated blood back to the lungs, where it can be oxygenated. The superficial veins are also widely used in medicine for several functions which include: Sta ...Continue Reading

What is vascular surgery? Vascular surgery is a subspecialty of general surgery in which diseases of the vascular system, or arteries and veins, are managed. It is a relatively new specialty but one whose services are in great demand throughout North America. Twenty years ago all most all vascula ...Continue Reading

A vein center is medical facility where doctor's specialize in the care of varicose and spider veins. These unsightly bulging, twisted veins can be seen through your skin, and there are a variety of treatment options available.Vein Center Screening and DiagnosisWhen you go to a vein center, your do ...Continue Reading

What is vascular disease? In the body there are numerous tubular structures which carry blood both from the heart and towards the heart. Vessels which carry blood from the heart are called arteries and vessels which carry blood to the heart are called veins. The arteries usually carry oxygenated ...Continue Reading

What is Vascular Dementia? VD in simple terms is a disorder of the brain which presents with relatively rapid onset of dementia and cognitive impairment primarily due selective damage to a particular part of the brain. Today, VD is considered to be the second most common cause of dementia after ...Continue Reading

High blood pressure and high cholesterol are two things that have become very prevalent among millions of people. One of the main causes of both of these maladies is genetics, but another cause has to do with poor dietary habits. Foods that are high in fat and sodium greatly contribute to this trend ...Continue Reading

Both men and women place a lot of emphasis on how their legs look, albeit for completely different reasons. Men, for example, are more interested in how muscular their legs are, while women want their legs to look not too skinny, but not too fat, either. Another thing that women place an emphasis on ...Continue Reading

Many women long to become mothers, but they do so without any real thought about what their actual pregnancy will be like. Some women have great pregnancies, wherein they remain active throughout, and deliver a healthy baby. However, other women, because of underlying physical conditions or because ...Continue Reading

People do what they can to maintain their health. After all, being healthy means being able to do the things that they want to do, whenever they want to do them. However, sometimes the old saying, "With age comes infirmity", happens, and the infirmity manifests itself in a variety of diffe ...Continue Reading