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vein
vein A tabular deposit of minerals occupying a fracture, in which particles may grow away from the walls toward the middle.
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Varicose veins: It's not a lost cause
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/11/1992; 700+ words
; ...include: Weakened vein walls. As you age, the walls of your veins may lose their elasticity...directly into the vein. Doctors also use...enlarged varicose veins, you may need surgery...sections of the veins. The procedure is called vein stripping. It is...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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varicose veins; They blight many women's lives. But now foam, heat and even radio waves can cure the problem...
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Weakness of the vein wall allows valves in the superficial veins to stretch, and they...depending on which veins are affected. Where a large vein inside the leg is...Once the problem vein is closed, other healthy veins take over to empty...
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Vanishing Veins Introduces Outpatient Minimally Invasive Medical Laser Technology to Remove Varicose and Spider Veins.
Business Wire; 2/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...leader in the treatment of veins, now offers relief with...conventional surgical vein stripping, long hospital...patients come to Vanishing Veins they receive a thorough...on the extent of their vein disease, overall health...factors. Because varicose veins can be a symptomatic disease...
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Varicose Veins; Key Q&A.(questiona nd answers)
Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Varicose Veins; 3/17/2005; 700+ words
; ...and causing the vein to bulge or twist. Are varicose veins dangerous, or just...Will my varicose veins come back if I have...removed? Once the vein is removed, it...varicosity in other veins. I saw an advertisement for a vein clinic that made...
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Varicose Veins; Treatment.
Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Varicose Veins; 3/17/2005; 700+ words
; ...used to inject the veins with sclerosing...the lining of the vein. In response, the...visually monitors the vein on an ultrasound screen...enables treatment of veins that can't be seen...back; it's a new vein becoming affected...varicose or spider veins, be sure to tell...
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Vein Clinics of America Opens New Location in Skokie, IL.
Business Wire; 12/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...years of experience in the vein care field, specializing in all aspects of vein disease, including varicose veins, spider veins and leg ulcers...treating the entire spectrum of vein abnormalities, including varicose veins, spider veins, venous leg...
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Demystifying varicose veins
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 2/3/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...locate and tie off veins. A wire stripper...along the abnormal vein. This is then pulled...removes larger varicose veins near the surface of the skin. The vein is marked using a...for small varicose veins below the knee. A...injected into the vein, causing the lining...
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Varicose veins
Magazine article from: The Journal of Perioperative Practice; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...long and short saphenous veins and lie superficial to...fascia of the leg. The veins communicate at a number...points. The long saphenous vein (LSV) terminates at...and the short saphenous vein (SSV) terminates at...the superficial to deep veins via communicating or perforating...
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 "Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY)")
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Vein Busters: Improved treatments make help more attractive.
Newspaper article from: Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY); 6/29/2006; 700+ words
; ...in some varicose vein cases, health-saving...procedures. Varicose veins are "kind of a neglected...troublesome small or midsize veins. The vein's inner lining is...anesthesia. A section of vein is snipped and pulled...s for the larger veins you don't want to...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Varicose veins: laser venous ablation is one of the options for treating the condition
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/29/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...legs because those veins must fight gravity...way valves in the vein that prevent the...can lead to deep-vein thrombosis. And the afflicted veins that are close to...used to scar the vein and shut it down...smaller varicose veins with little skin...
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Vein Ligation and Stripping
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...stripping Definition Vein ligation and stripping...treatment of varicose veins. It is also sometimes...through this large vein into the smaller veins that feed into it...Purpose The purpose of vein ligation and stripping...size of varicose veins that cannot be treated...
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Varicose Veins
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...in that section of vein increases, causing...pool and stretch the veins, further weakening...disease. Varicose veins are progressive; as one section of a vein weakens, it causes...adjacent sections of the vein. These sections often...varicosities. Varicose veins can appear ...
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veins
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...fracture-forming process. Veins commonly display a regularity...over wide areas (the vein system) which is related...systems. The simplest veins are those formed by lateral...immediate vicinity of the vein. They thus reflect the...the dominant mineral in veins in siliceous rocks, calcite...
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Veins
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...fuse to create a pair of veins — a superior and inferior pulmonary vein that separately transport...or histological level, veins have thinner walls than...fuse (coalesce) into veins that, as they increase...general, the larger the vein the more likely it is...
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Renal Vein Thrombosis
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
Renal vein thrombosis Definition Renal vein thrombosis develops when a blood clot forms in the renal vein, which is the blood vessel that carries blood from the kidneys back to the heart. The disorder is not common. Description Normally, kidneys...
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