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Some Natural Remedies for Varicose Veins

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:09:14 -0600

The key ways to help alleviate your varicose veins include exercising to improve your blood circulation; not crossing your legs when sitting; elevating your legs when resting; not standing or sitting for long periods of time; and not wearing tight clothes.

Walking to Alleviate Varicose Veins

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:09:14 -0600

Elie is a 75 year old woman who walks three miles a day. She credits walking with alleviating the pains of aging. She also says her varicose veins don't bother her and she doesn't need to get them stripped due to her walking regiment.

Read the full story and see a picture of Elie and her healthy 76 year-old husband.

WALKING THE WORLD: They've done Everest, Iceland, the Alps. They' ...
Miami Herald, FL - 7 hours ago
... she says. ``I don't hear from that nerve since walking. I have varicose veins, . . . but I don't have to have them stripped. I walk ...

Lasers for Getting Rid of Varicose Veins

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:09:14 -0600

Lasers are an increasingly popular way for 'stripping' varicose veins'. The process is called called laser venous ablation. I found a good article about this process below.

Deseret NewsVaricose veins: laser venous ablation is one of the options for ...
Deseret News, UT - 29 May 2006
... Butterfield. A couple of years ago, a doctor told him they were varicose veins. Did your parents have them? he asked. The answer was yes.

Laser Varicose Vein Treatment May be Better

Sat, 06 May 2006 20:54:21 -0600

Laser energy may be a better alternative to surgical means of removing varicose veins.

Most people are walking about within hours of treatment whereas with varicose vein surgery they require about six weeks of recovery.

Lasers Zap Varicose Veins
Forbes - 12 Apr 2006
WEDNESDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- Laser energy may provide a safe, non-surgical means of eliminating varicose veins, researchers report. ...