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National Heart Month: Preserve the Length and Quality of Your Life

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 […]

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Black History Month & the Pursuit of Health Equity

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 […]

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Why Canadians Are Heading South for Warmth – and Medical Treatment

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 […]

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New Year, New You: 5 Tips to Plan for Your Wellness

New Year’s resolutions are a time-honored tradition for many people, and one of the most popular resolutions is to get healthy. Whether you want to lose weight, improve your diet, or increase your physical activity, there are many ways to make your new year’s resolution for getting healthy a reality. Here are some tips for […]

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Your Health and the Holidays: What to Eat to Manage Your PAD Symptoms During the Holidays

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 […]

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National Diabetes Awareness Month

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 […]

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Compression Socks & PAD

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 […]

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What are Foot Fissures?

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 […]

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What is Rest Pain?

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 […]

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Learning From the Past: Differences in PAD Based on Gender

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 […]

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Patient Stories: Keeping Veterans on Their Feet

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. […]

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With PAD, Awareness is Just the Start: Taking Control of Your PAD

By Kirstin Rizk September kicks off Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month so we are sparking conversations about preventing and controlling PAD. In this post, we hope to increase awareness of disease management methods for patients who already know they have PAD. With PAD, arteries in the feet and legs are too clogged to deliver […]

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