More than one third of adults in the United States are affected by varicose veins at some point in their lives,[1] and in most cases, the cause is genetic. Varicose veins can be harmless, but swollen, ...

Phlebectomy (also called microphlebectomy) is a procedure that removes varicose veins through small incisions (cuts) in the skin. This procedure helps treat and manage varicose vein symptoms, ...

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Laser ablation and surgery for varicose veins similarly improve patients' quality of life, whereas foam sclerotherapy has less of an effect, a randomized trial shows. In addition, of the three ...

Varicose veins can be treated with foam, laser, or surgery. All treatments have a similar clinical efficacy (venous clinical severity score), and all are equally able to improve general patient ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Men and women can now eliminate varicose ...

Fran, an active medical office manager for her husband’s OB-GYN practice, decided to retire near the Gulf waters in Cape Coral. Happy in her Florida home, Fran immediately became involved in her ...

It’s very tough to avoid the dark purple or blue-colored swollen and twisted veins. These veins are called varicose veins, which appear near the surface of the skin. You may have them in one or both ...

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Maxi dresses and linen trousers have been my uniform since my 20s when summer kicks in - it's the best way to hide my lower legs, spattered with ugly raised veins. Varicose veins affect more than a ...