Specialist Vein Health
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
We always promote wearing compression socks for health, travel, lifestyle, after vein procedures and surgery. But with summer or winter holidays just around the corner - there is no better time...Read More
The aorta is the largest blood vessel (artery) in the body. It carries oxygenated blood from the heart to your arms, head, abdomen, pelvis and legs. It is shaped like a candy cane and is as...Read More
Pregnancy can be an exciting time for many woman but it is also a time when physical changes occur rapidly - most are harmless and some like varicose veins are very common. Pregnancy,...Read More
A venous lake is a common blue or dark purple soft macule or papule lesions due to vascular dilation. It is mostly commonly seen on the lips. Who gets a venous lake? Venous lake is most...Read More
People who have Diabetes are two to four times more likely to have Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) than people who do not. What is Type 2 Diabetes? There are over 240,000 New Zealanders'...Read More