With operating room lights turned low, three heart surgeons watched intently as a fourth inserted a long probe into a small slit in the skin behind a patient’s left knee. A red light on the end of the ...

If you’ve experienced varicose veins, you’ll know they often run in the family. Growing up, I remember my mother complaining about hers—not just about how they looked, but about the persistent pain ...

Appearance aside, varicose veins are an extremely painful problem for thousands of people. And until recently, the only way to get rid of them was a procedure called "vein stripping" -- ouch!

What is thermo-coagulation therapy? Thermo-coagulation uses heat produced by a high-frequency electric current to bring about localized destruction of tissues. Commonly used in surgery to make fine ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. Vein disease can stop active lifestyles in ...

Thread veins, more commonly known as spider veins, can become visible on the face and body as we get older and skin loses elasticity. What causes thread veins is a backup of blood, and while they may ...

This laser technology treats both spider and larger blue reticular veins on the face and/or legs with no injections or incisions - which means immediate results without lifestyle interruptions. How ...