Veiny arms are not necessarily a sign of fitness. However, they are typically more common among people with high muscle mass and low body fat. Veiny arms can also occur during certain exercises, such ...

Basilic vein thrombosis is a type of superficial venous thrombosis (SVT) in which a blood clot forms in the basilic vein in the arm. In many cases, SVT is harmless and will resolve without treatment.

When blood vessels, which carry blood throughout your body, get injured, clots form to stop the bleeding. As you heal, your body should absorb the clots as they dissolve. However, sometimes these ...

In the first reported case of its kind, a healthy 85-year-old man developed a rare recurrence of deep-vein blood clots, or deep vein thrombosis, in his upper arm as the result of coronavirus infection ...

Nurse wiping an older male patient's arm with a cotton swab as she preps for a blood draw. Most people will take a blood test at some point in their life, and commonly, this requires blood to be drawn ...

A doctor has warned that a viral TikTok trend that makes the veins in your forearms pop can result in muscle loss and damage. The technique, which involves squeezing the vein above your bicep and ...

Paget-Schroetter syndrome (PSS) is a rare blood clotting syndrome that affects the blood vessels in the upper arms. It’s more common in young athletes who use upward repetitive arm motions, such as ...

If a patient has a nonfunctional arteriovenous (AV) shunt in one arm and a functional shunt used for dialysis in the other, does the avoidance of an IV access in the arm with the nonfunctional shunt ...

Implantable ports are devices that a doctor inserts under your skin and into a vein. They usually go in about an inch below your collarbone on your upper right chest. You might hear them called port-a ...

Warmer weather and no school means more travel for Louisianans. These travels can take Louisianans to international, national or local vacation spots in the air or by car. However, those longer trips ...

LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fist Assist Devices, LLC, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for use of the Fist Assist FA-1 device in the United States as an arm massage and increased vein ...