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Article: Zapping varicose veins; As varicose veins become more common, newer, less invasive treatments aim to get people back on their feet within a few days.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- July 27, 2009
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Byline: KIM ODE; STAFF WRITER
Teresa Maruna is on her feet all day in her job as a kidney dialysis technician, so her legs would feel tired in any case. But as someone predisposed to varicose veins, the pain could become excruciating and her ankles would swell to the point that they "seemed not to be ankles anymore."
Maruna, of Lakeville, is among nearly 40 million Americans with vein disease, most of them women. Over the years, treatment progressed from putting your feet up, to wearing support hose, to vein stripping -- removing the enlarged vein from the leg. Now, less invasive treatments are becoming available, notably a laser technique that causes ...