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No more visible veins with sclerotherapy treatment! by lisawhitela Posted Tue 26 Feb 2013 7:26am Now the remedy for unsightly varicose veins and spider veins is at hand. St.Louis offers some of the best medical treatment for the minimization of these vein types thus giving you a clean and smooth skin. To proceed with such treatment one has to undergo a basic evaluation or CVT to determine the health of the veins and evaluate their cur ... Read on »

Infection linked to dangerous blood clots in veins and lungs, U-M study shows by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Wed 04 Apr 2012 10:03pm University of Michigan Health System news Older adults who get infections of any kind – such as urinary, skin, or respiratory tract infections – are nearly three times more likely to be hospitalized for a dangerous blood clot in their deep veins or lungs, University of Michigan Health System research shows. T ... Read on »

Varicose Veins Keep Some in Long Pants All Year by HealthFinder Posted Sun 18 Mar 2012 1:00pm healthnewslink An expert discusses risk factors and treatments. SUNDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Varico ... Read on »

needles and chemo veins by Donna Peach Patient Expert

Posted Wed 17 Oct 2012 10:01pm I received a lot of feedback on my mention of my poor little damaged veins from my primary BC treatment, so I thought I would address a few of these for others who might experience trouble when going to the hospital or clinic. It is true that sometimes when a patient says I’m a hard stick, the tech or nurse has this sort of sarcastic ... Read on »

Study Casts Doubt on Link Between MS and Vein Trouble by HealthFinder Posted Tue 21 Aug 2012 1:00pm healthnewslink Researchers say compromised blood flow is not a cause of the disease,. TUESDAY, Aug. 21 (Hea ... Read on »

Transplant Institute by KMunoz28 Posted Mon 17 Nov 2008 12:00am Today I met with a Dr. from the Transplant Institute here in town. While it took a while for him to come in(he was at lunch, once he came in things sailed along. When I first went in, they put one of those hospital bracelets on and I thought they were going to admit me or something. Anthony got to watch me get weighed, temped and by BP checked. ... Read on »

The Manhattan Institute's Paul Howard illustrates how Serious Medicine becomes Routine Medicine--and thus becomes both less expe by Jim Pinkerton Posted Fri 18 Feb 2011 12:00am As the marquee title of this blog indicates, the emphasis here is on "Serious Medicine"--that is, the medicines and other treatments that make a decisive intervention in the course of an life-threatening or debilitating illness. Serious Medicine is heroic, the stuff of drama--and a key part of that drama is the mystery as to whether o ... Read on »

A Roundup of CCSVI Info: Thoughts and Observations by Wheelchair Kamikaze Patient Expert

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Posted Thu 28 Oct 2010 8:48pm Image via Wikipedia But first, a little shameless self-promotion: I was recently interviewed for a radio piece on CCSVI that will be airing on National Public Radio this coming Monday, November 1, between 6 AM and 9 AM, during their Morning Edition program ( click here to find the NPR station in your area ). I have no idea how much of m ... Read on »

On the Opening of the Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease by Andrea P. Patient Expert

People's HealthBlogger Awards 2008 - Best 100 Winner!

Posted Sat 21 Aug 2010 9:18am Dear WPI, It has felt as if we were in darkness for a long time. Many of us in the UK have suffered untold indignities and hardship. We have been left to languish in our beds; forgotten and ignored; humiliated and blamed. Instead of treatment and care we are served contempt and ridicule. Scratch the surface of the name CFS and you'll find inju ... Read on »

Rick Perry and The Conflicts of Government Licensed Corporate Profit: Merck & Gardasil by Kim S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 01 Aug 2011 12:00am Last Spring, Mark Blaxill authored three posts about Merck's Gardasil HPV vaccine and the symbiosis of government and commerce. Texas Governor Rick Perry is in the news not only for his Presidential bid, but his close relationship with Merck, including an attempt to mandate Gardasil for Texas girls in 2007. An attempt that fell f ... Read on »