European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Varicose Estment without surgery Charles s. Taylor cited press International fou Are looking at your legs one Day and notice the beginnings of unsightly varicose or spider veins. Quot Well Quot you might say Quot i by have to have surgery on those one of isedays.�?�. Jut or. Terrance Walsh says that is not ices Sariin the Case. All you May need to i is get a few virtually painless injections make those Lumpy veins disappear. I estimated 20 percent of americans tween the Ages of 20 and 30 develop Lickose or spider veins with women ejected seven times More often than men. A doctors say they Are not just a cosmetic annoyance but a proliferating disorder Large veins swell and have a big Rich h. Purple lines called spider veins. Musil math Handre ated0li to use is called refined compression Scaler therapy. It uses the drug Otra Decol and special compression wf1 if96810 treat diseases of the veins Walsh said the drug which was first used for varicose veins about 10 years ago is the Only one approved by the tone of a administration Quot for this Type of therapy. During the procedure the drug is a varicose vein. The Walls of the vein become irritated and fuse to each other sealing the leaking blood valve special compression bandages used in the three to seven Day treatment Speed the fusion. Walsh said patients Are told to walk briskly up to three Miles per Day to make their calf Muscles expand and promote circulation in their legs. He said the affected veins eventually shrivel away with the blood flow being handled by other healthy veins. The clinics claim a Success rate of nearly 100 percent for All patients including those who have had previous vein surgery. Treatment is performed on an out patient basis. I1 Sid his a inic char9es Between $1,000 to $2,500 per leg for the treatment which is about one fourth of the Cost of traditional surgery to treat varicose and spider veins Quot there is an average 2 percent recurrence rate Over three years. After treatment a discoloration appears that normally fades Over a period of time. The procedure is not used on patients with deep vein thrombosis. Walsh said As time goes on the refined compression Scaler therapy he uses Quot is beginning to be More recognized More understood and More  nevertheless there Are a variety of other techniques available for treating bifocal implants Rebecca Perl of news service new generation of implantable plastic bifocal lenses eliminates the need for eyeglasses in most Cataract patients experts have told the american Academy of ophthalmology. I with surgical advances similar Lens implants could one by Benefit Many of the 60 million americans who require Ibcal glasses one expert or. Howard Gimbel told the meeting of More than 20,000 Eye specialists meeting in vein disorders without surgery. They include laser beams electrocautery and Saline Scaler therapy in which Saline solution is injected into veins. Or. Jerry King an Independent Chicago vascular surgeon said the use of refined compression Scaler therapy Quot is a very acceptable Way Quot of treating veins As an alternative to surgery. But King said Quot it has to be balanced out by somebody who knows the Good and the bad of  doctors King said should Tell their patients about All of the treatment options available. There Are cases he said when refined compression Scaler therapy should not be used such As when veins Are ulcer Ting or there Are other serious problems which Call for surgery researchers say varicose veins Are largely hereditary but other factors can exacerbate them a such As obesity or standing for Long periods of time increased oestrogen Levels brought on by pregnancy menstruation Orta Kinq birth control pills prevention strategies include proper nutrition and regular exercise avoidance of Long term standing keeping legs elevated and wearing support stockings experts say a from Fth of a 1�.years from now when the surgery improves a Vel is h3ve n0w a 1 be of a a a sad or Gimbels associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Calgary in Canada Home to one of the largest testing of bifocal implantable a lenses in Cataract patients. Quot it s already  unitedts9s Are expected 10 be approved for use in the United states next year say manufacturers. Sized mini enter Ier Imp Antab a lenses Tbs Contact Lens see composed of concentric circles of hard p attic some of which assist the Eye in focusing on Distant objects and others on nearby ones. Gimbel says the mind concentrates on the image that is m focus at any Given time in much the same Way a person watching a Ball game through a Chain link Fence can ignore the Fence and watch the game. In most adults after age 40, the Lens loses its ability to focus on nearby objects. For people who already Wear glasses to see Distant objects this creates the need for bifocals. For now implantable bifocals Are used Only on Cataract surgery patients people with clouded lenses. Victims of rpt6 to must h3ve the natural Lens be Iris uni recenter a a a s inserted just behind the is. Until recently implants had Only one focal length forcing Many patients to Wear corrective lenses. The new Multi focal lenses eliminate the need for sir tits is .makin9 possible for so a Cataract is Glen Many per ple su.eri"0 the risk of infections inflammation and other complications still outweighs the advantages for h9allhy eyes by Gimbel is mask Ethan Dan lha cop aimed that the bifocal lenses make it hard to see at night and create Odd glows rings or glares around Light sources. 9 but Gimbel said that More than 85 percent of his a Ellant anr7n their vision Good or glasses afte9surgery9rc w8re a e a slip wearing a  stars and stripes Bookstore save $8 on this sensational new York times bestseller Quot Earth s children Quot series. The pule�?�?ltiean.v-. Auel s Fth Book in her p Earth s children Quot series. The Plains of Pas ,Uel s fourth Book in her stars and stripes bookstores a ssh Quot Snow available Only $16.95 at most ten dust Quot. A Quot to Quot grasslands of ice age Europe. Horseback across the windswept in the course of their Cross Continental Oddyssey Avia and. 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