Anahita Dua is a vascular surgeon.

Is personalized antithrombotic therapy ready for practice?

Medications
September 6, 2026

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects millions of Americans and remains a leading cause of disability, repeat hospitalizations, and limb loss. Advances in endovascular devices, surgical techniques, and medical therapies have dramatically improved our ability to restore blood flow to the legs. Yet despite this progress, one challenge continues to limit long-term success: what happens after the procedure.

Following lower extremity revascularization, most patients are prescribed blood thinners to help prevent clot …

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Is personalized antithrombotic therapy ready for practice?

Nebraska shows health care as an election issue in 2026

Health Policy
July 27, 2026

Nebraska is not always where national political conversations about health care begin, but it is increasingly where they become impossible to ignore. What is unfolding here is a preview of the pressures reshaping health care systems across the country and the elections that will decide their future.

In 2026, health care is no longer confined to policy debates in Washington or state capitals. It is embedded in the workforce, the economy, …

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Nebraska shows health care as an election issue in 2026

Preventing amputations and saving lives starts with bringing PAD into the 21st century

Conditions and Diseases
April 18, 2024

There’s a condition that is crippling Black and brown communities at a disproportionate rate and causing 400 amputations each day in the U.S. That may sound scary, but the most frightening part? A new consumer survey found that 70 percent of Americans have never heard of the most common vascular disease, peripheral artery disease (PAD) – PAD kills more people than three of the top cancers (breast cancer, …

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Preventing amputations and saving lives starts with bringing PAD into the 21st century