Some 35 percent of Americans are plagued by varicose veins. These twisted, blue or dark purple veins mar your legs. Usually, they aren’t more than a cosmetic problem. But that’s not always...

Everyone wants to feel beautiful, and the way your skin looks is a major component of feeling attractive. Aging can have a big impact on your skin, causing wrinkles, sagging, and varicose...

The human digestive system is able to process the food that we eat into nutrients our body uses for growth, energy, and repairing tissues. It has many components, including the mouth,...

Spider veins appear as networks of blue, red, or purple lines on your skin, usually on your legs or your face. Although spider veins are not dangerous, they can affect your appearance, and...

Imagine being able to judge how well your blood flows through various regions of your body with a non-invasive vascular ultrasound. Dr. Ellis A. Tinsley, MD, FACS, FSVS and his expert team...

Your peripheral arteries are the vessels that carry blood away from your heart and toward the outer areas of your body. If you have peripheral arterial disease (PAD), the disease narrows...

Your cardiovascular system is responsible for moving blood around your body, feeding all your cells with oxygen and other nutrients. Your heart is the center of this system, moving blood...

You have two main carotid arteries, one on either side of your neck. They’re large arteries because they’re responsible for delivering oxygen-rich blood to your brain and head. As the...

Introduced at the beginning of the 20th century by surgeons Georg Kelling, Dimitri Ott, and Hans Christian Jacobeus, laparoscopic surgery for the abdomen and other areas has grown in...

The bad news: By the time you turn age 60, you have a 50% chance of having a mass or nodule in your thyroid gland in the neck. The good news: Only 5% of these masses are cancerous. The...

The veins in your body play an important role in circulation, carrying blood from your various parts of your body back to your heart. Yet, as people age, problems can develop in the veins...

You have many organs in your body, but your heart performs the important job of supporting all of your other organs. Your heart pumps blood to all the organs and tissues in your body,...

Most people have heard the word “hernia,” but many don’t know what it means, what causes one, or how to recognize the signs and symptoms. It's important to seek treatment for hernias...

Dr. Tinsley has been a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons (FACS), 1993 to present. He is also a Past President of the North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons....

A stroke is often a devastating event. Strokes leave two-thirds of sufferers with functional impairment a year later. It’s also the third leading cause of death in the United States, and...

Unless you’ve been diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm, you’ve probably never heard of this life-threatening condition. As cardiovascular conditions go, it’s a little on the low...

Do you find yourself choosing clothes that hide the spider veins on your legs? Do you cover up facial spider veins with makeup? Spider veins are not dangerous, but they can make you feel...