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New Technology Advances Help Varicose Veins

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 17, 2009 0 Comments
WITH RECENT ADVANCES in technology, it is now possible to treat varicose veins in the physician’s office using only local anesthetic. The procedure generally takes only one to two hours, and the patient is encouraged to walk immediately after.

IT’S ESTIMATED that up to 72 percent of females and 42 percent of adult males will develop varicose veins by the age of 60.

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Uterine Fibroid Embolization Alternative to Hysterectomy

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 11, 2009 0 Comments
Dr. Thomas Foster

APPROXIMATELY 600,000 hysterectomies (surgical removal of the uterus) are performed in the United States annually. The most common reason for hysterectomy is to treat the symptoms of uterine lieomyotoma, or simply, fibroids.

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