12/14/07 — WILX-TV, Lansing, MI
44-year-old Terry Curry is having the varicose vein in her right leg sealed shut using a catheter and radiofrequency heat -- all in just two minutes....
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12/13/07 — KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA
Kelly Kessel has veins problem that she finds not only unactractive, they also cause her pains when she stands....
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12/10/07 — WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
Ben Britt is 24 years old, too young to develop varicose veins. Varicose veins can be painful. Dr. Medina is performing a new minimal invasive treatment called, the VNUS ClosureFAST procedure to get rid off the varicose veins....
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11/28/07 — KFOR-TV, Miami, FL
For years, Lori Ravelli has been embarrassed by her varicose veins. "I wouldn't wear shorts," Ravelli said. "Or I would always keep my legs covered, I wouldn't want to be at the beach in a bathing suit, because I felt very self-conscious about my veins."...
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11/11/07 — The Times of London Online, London, England
Because I hated the idea of having my varicose veins “stripped”, or surgically removed, I put off treatment for 10 years, until I developed red, inflamed skin around my ankles that could no longer be ignored. It was only then, when I began to research my options, that I learnt of the alternatives to stripping....
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11/05/07 — KVBC-TV, Las Vegas, NV
They hurt, they are unsightly and nearly 25 million Americans have them. But the Healthline 3 team found a procedure performed right here in Las Vegas to get rid of varicose veins....
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10/30/07 — KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
A popular procedure gets rid of varicose veins and helps relieve the pain of other vein diseases without a hospital stay....
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10/03/07 — NewsMax.com, Los Angeles, CA
After her baby was born last year, she’d tried running to get back into shape but had to stop because her feet—which ached constantly—hurt even more when she exercised. ...
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09/28/07 — Xinhua (China), , Czech Republic
Czech doctors performed three unique operations of varicose veins on Wednesday, using a new, almost bloodless method that is carried out only in Britain and the United States, the Pravo daily reported on Thursday....
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09/27/07 — KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT
Cathy is a hairstylist and long hours on her feet has caused painful varicose veins so she was delighted to hear about this new treatment...
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09/23/07 — WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, PA
Laurie, a teacher, couldn't endure another school year on her feet, constantly in discomfort. So she went to see Dr. Charles Dietzek, of the Vein and Vascular Institute in Voorhees, New Jersey, who uses a minimally invasive approach called VNUS Closure....
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09/21/07 — Daily News of Newburyport, Boston, MA
The primary varicose vein treatment is to re-route blood flow through healthy veins. Traditionally, this has been done by surgically removing (stripping) the troublesome varicose vein from the leg. During a stripping procedure, the surgeon makes an incision in your groin and ties off the vein....
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09/17/07 — WSVN-TV, Miami, FL
Varicose veins are often painful and ugly enough to make you want to hide your legs, and getting rid of them hasn't always been easy. Seven's Richard Lemus shows us a new procedure that's offering victory over veins, quick and painless....
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08/20/07 — icWales.com, Wales, Wales
For almost 100 years the standard treatment for varicose veins has been surgical, but a non-invasive treatment for the common condition is now available in Wales for the first time. Health Editor Madeleine Brindley reports....
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08/17/07 — WTVD-TV, Durham, NC
It's something Mary Budges has death with since having a baby. "It actually keeps me from participating in a lot of activities," she said. "I like to play tennis, I like to ride bikes and a lot of times it's not feasible to go out and do those things when you're wearing long pants or when you have pain or swelling in your legs."...
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08/12/07 — Palestine Herald, Palestine, TX
Dr. Robert Falconer is the first physician to adopt this procedure utilizing the VNUS ClosureFAST catheter, an endovenous radiofrequency (RF) ablation catheter that is designed to heat, shrink and close diseased saphenous veins (large leg veins) in approximately three minutes of RF treatment....
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07/30/07 — www.HealthNewsDigest.com, West Virginia, WV
Since becoming pregnant with her daughter nearly 25 years ago, Stephanie Wilson suffered from pain and fatigue in her right leg. Now, after undergoing VNUS Closure vein treatment at West Virginia University Hospitals, her leg is essentially pain-free....
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07/17/07 — Frederick, MD News-Post , Maryland, MA
Ten years ago, Tammy Shoemaker had varicose veins. Her legs hurt and felt heavy, and she didn't like the way they looked. She had the unhealthy veins removed in a procedure called vein stripping....
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07/08/07 — Carroll County (MD) Times , Maryland, MA
Ed Garabedian of Mount Airy was 20 years old when he first noticed the unsightly bulges on his legs. More of these gnarled bumps gradually appeared throughout the years until they covered most of his legs, with large clusters bulging behind his knees....
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05/29/07 — WHAG-TV, Hagerstown, MD
With warmer weather now here folks in the Four-State region are digging out their summer clothes, like shorts, but that might not be true for people with varicose veins....
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