Turning back the creepy old hands of time

MSNBC - Sclerotherapy: A procedure used to eliminate varicose veins and spider veins from the face, legs or hands. Sclerotherapy involves the injection of a salt solution directly into the vein which then irritates the lining of the blood vessel Click here for more

Stockings a leg-up on long-haul flight swelling

Sydney Morning Herald - known to relieve the problem, but the exercise physiologist Stephen Lambert wanted to see whether the graduated compression 1200764081365-smh.com.au http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/stockings-a-legup-on-longhaul-flight-swelling/2008/01/20 Click here for more

Leading Physicians Present Interim Results from Multi-Center Studies

PR Newswire - SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — VNUS(R) Medical Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: VNUS) , a worldwide leader in medical devices for the minimally invasive treatment of venous reflux disease, announced that interim results from two multi More

Are the people telling Google it s time for a redesign?

ZDNet Blogs - Might it be an idea for Google to consider a slightly more modern, more visual, more, well, human and visionary welcome than that of a sixty-year-old croupier in Reno whose varicose veins are playing up? Should anyone out there agree with me, please Read more

New therapy effectively treats deep vein thrombosis

Science Centric - Most patients with DVT are treated solely with anticoagulation therapy (blood thinners) and compression stockings. However, studies have shown that one-third of these patients will suffer from post-thrombotic syndrome, characterised by pain, swelling Continue

Vietnamese boy back in Halifax following first surgery

Ottawa Citizen - The next step involves another surgery, when Son Pham will receive the first round of sclerotherapy - a substance will be injected into his bloodstream to target a specific area of the tumour. The area hardens and shrinks due to a lack of blood Continue

New therapy makes more kidney transplants possible

News 8 Austin - IVIG is injected into a vein to add helpful antibodies to a patient’s blood stream. IVIG therapy is given during two dialysis treatments before transplant surgery. More

Former Stereo Advantage building gains new tenant

Buffalo Business First - A building that once housed the Stereo Advantage ’s Lifetime Service Center has landed its first new tenant. The Cosmetic Vein and Laser Center has agreed to move from 4600 Main St. in Williamsville to the recently renovated Lifetime service center Read more

New Trial Date Set for VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. Patent

Earthtimes - SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The patent infringement lawsuit brought by VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. against three endovenous laser competitors, Diomed, AngioDynamics and Vascular Solutions, has been scheduled to start June More

Vascular Solutions Announces Fourth Quarter Results Net Revenue

MSN MoneyCentral - quarter of positive cash flow. - Received regulatory clearance for three new products — the low profile Pronto(r) LP extraction catheter, the international QXT(tm) extraction catheter, and the Vari-Lase(r) WireFiber(tm) endovenous laser Full story

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