Specialist Vein Health
Read the latest articles from our health blog about vascular health prevention, treatments and procedures.
We sat down with one of our vascular surgeons, Mr. JK Wicks, to ask if there is a connection between high blood pressure (HBP), sometimes called hypertension, and vascular disease...Read More
What is this condition? Varicose eczema is a skin condition. It mainly occurs in older people. It is a condition that progresses slowly, initially the skin changes colour to become pale red, and...Read More
Immunity - this is the question on everyone’s mind as we face a worldwide crisis. Your immune system is designed to fight diseases and viruses as well as heal wounds. We don’t yet know how to...Read More
It’s the time of year when we make new year’s resolutions to do better. As you think about the promises you’ll make to yourself for 2020, why not put your vascular health first? After all,...Read More
Strokes affect thousands of New Zealanders each year. With stroke week NZ coming up - 1st-6th of October 2019, we want you to know the top 3 fast facts - to lower your risk. The first thing you...Read More
Why wear compression socks when your pregnant? Pregnancy is a time when physical changes occur rapidly to the all parts of the body and skin. Whilst pregnant you will produce 50% more blood...Read More
This Atherosclerosis is a specific type of arteriosclerosis - but both terms are sometimes used to mean the same thing. Atherosclerosis confusingly is a specific type of arteriosclerosis. Both...Read More
New Zealand's first female vascular surgeon Dr Lupe Taumoepeau talks smashing steryotypes, and how caring for others runs in her blood... To read more click here. Read More
We ask Mr. JK Wicks, one of Specialist Vein Health's vascular surgeons to explain in his own words what the paradigm shift if varicose veins treatment means to patients. There is a paradigm shift...Read More
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of amputation in New Zealand but a team of Wellington clinicians say in many cases it's entirely preventable. In an effort to prove their point the...Read More