Since I knew almost nothing about peripheral arterial disease (PAD), I jumped at the chance to talk with Dr.
Michael Jaff a few days ago. He is the medical director of the Vascular
Diagnostic Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital and a
specialist in treating PAD.
Diabetes often causes it, and it is so often undiagnosed that only about
one-fourth of the eight million people over 40 with PAD who have it know that they have this
complication. PAD develops when
the arteries in our legs become...
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