Varicose veins can be unsightly, not to mention painful. And it's just one of a series of medical issues that can target ...

Venous insufficiency is a condition where the pressure inside the veins is high enough that fluid comes out of the blood vessels and goes into the tissues.

Fluid can also come out of structurally normal veins when the oncotic pressure (the tendency for fluid to stay in the veins due to proteins in the blood) is low. This happens because of the loss of ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Your recent column regarding edema from venous insufficiency caught my interest since I was diagnosed with venous insufficiency over 25 years ago. Your recommendation was to raise your ...

Venous disease, or venous insufficiency, occurs when the veins in the legs don’t return blood properly to the heart. Instead, blood flows backward and pools in the legs. Over time, this can cause ...

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Dr. Chelsea Dorsey discusses chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) as a debilitating, underdiagnosed disease with high costs and limited treatments, highlighting bioprosthetic venous valves as a ...