Can stem cell boost, treadmill use improve artery disease?
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 06:00
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Northwestern Medicine researchers have launched a clinical trial testing a new combination of treadmill exercise and drug regimen to see if the two together improve the walking ability of people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) more than either therapy individually. Scientists are studying if a combination of walking and the medication together increase the production of a participant's own stem cells, and, ultimately, the development of greatly needed new blood vessels in the calf muscles.