The evidence supporting the efficacy of exercise therapy for patients with PAD dates back to 1966 when 6 months of unsupervised intermittent walking exercise was demonstrated to improve time walked to ...

Thyroid storm causes an increased heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. It may occur in people with hyperthyroidism. It can be life threatening without treatment. Thyroid storm, also ...

Thyroid cancer is cancer of the thyroid gland in the neck. Thyroid cancer affects women more often than men. It has a good prognosis. Risk factors include a family history of this cancer, radiation ...

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) and osteoporosis (OP) are common in elderly populations. CT scans provide a reliable method to assess and monitor the progression of these diseases. In this review, ...

The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, running from the popliteal fossa just behind the knee down along the tibia and fibula, the major bones of the lower leg. It is a branch of the ...

Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) doesn’t usually cause weight gain, though it may cause other weight changes. Sometimes, treatment for hyperthyroidism can lead to weight gain ...

More tests showed that her left circumflex artery "had a 99% blockage." A piece of plaque that had built up in the artery had detached, blocking nearly all blood flow. "They told my family I was ...

Hitoshi Hirose, MD FICS; Atushi Amano, MD; Shigehiko Yoshida, MD; Akihito Takahashi, MD; Naoko Nagano, MD; and Takushi Kohmoto, MD, *From the Department of ...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. (A.A.d.O., F.S., M.E.G., R.K., A.Q., C.-L.M.C., S.T.D.) Women and Children’s ...

We present a case in which a patient with initially suspected anaplastic thyroid carcinoma due to a rapidly progressive anterior neck mass was diagnosed with a clear cell variant of follicular ...