High blood pressure, stress, sun exposure, vein dysfunction, pregnancy, and other factors can contribute to the appearance of veins on the forehead. Genetic factors or age can influence whether ...

Spider veins, also known as telangiectasias or thread veins, resemble spider webs or tree branches. They occur when damage to blood vessels close to the skin's surface causes them to widen.

As you get older, it’s not uncommon to notice large, twisty veins forming on your legs. According to the Society for Vascular Surgery, as many as 40 million Americans have what are known as varicose ...

As a curious child, you might remember staring at an older relative's thick stockings at the blue, gnarled veins lying under the skin like bumpy snakes. Known as varicose veins, these blood ...

Products geared towards improving circulation and the health of veins are becoming more popular as people look for ways to boost their general health and wellbeing. Such supplements are designed ...

If you will be receiving chemotherapy over a long period of time, or if you are a candidate for a blood or marrow transplantation, your healthcare provider may recommend a central line, or central ...

Presence of venous thrombosis. 4. Visual-perceptual impairments such as unilateral neglect ... that the NMES group and MT + NMES group demonstrated a certain therapeutic effect on functional recovery ...

By contrast, occlusion of the anterior tibial artery is often asymptomatic, as two other vessels -- the posterior tibial and peroneal arteries -- can function as alternate parallel channels to ...

Multiple myeloma is part of the spectrum of diseases ranging from MGUS to plasma cell leukemia, and similar to MGUS, is characterized by proliferation of a plasma cell clone and subsequent ...

Moreover, diagnostic modalities like D-dimer, ECG and lower limb venous Doppler studies may often be contradictory and confusing. In our case, the patient had no definite triggers for a thromboembolic ...

Correspondence to Dr Kazim H Narsinh, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; kazim.narsinh{at}ucsf.edu Pulsatile tinnitus is a debilitating symptom affecting millions ...