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What Ails You: How to fight back against leg pain

Stop Smoking By Laser: About half the folks who come to see me complain of leg pain. There are many conditions which can cause leg pain. Disease in the joints, back problems, compression of nerves or irritated ligaments that refer pain to the legs and diseases that effect the nerves themselves.

Today we are going to talk about peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) refers to disease in the blood vessels. Now while disease affecting the blood vessels can certainly cause problems in the heart and brain, we are talking today about specific problems with your arteries.

Genetics plays an important role in whether or not you will develop vascular disease. You can't do anything about your genes, but there are other factors which you can control. Quit smoking. Lose weight. You knew those were coming, didn't you? Diabetes has the potential to rob you of your limbs and your sight long before it robs you of your life.

Man attacks woman near 36th and Vine

Stop Smoking By Laser: A 24-year-old woman walking along Vine Street was attacked by a stranger early Monday, but was able to get away. Police Capt. Jim Thoms said the woman was walking eastbound on the north side of Vine at about 3 a.m. when a man approached her.

He grabbed her and began dragging her north of Vine, Thoms said. As the woman fought to get away from him, she saw he had a knife. People in the neighborhood heard her screaming. Thoms said she was able to get away and run to a house nearby and called police.

Hospital refuses surgery on fatties, smokers

Stop Smoking By Laser: Patients need to lose weight, quit smoking Affects liposuction and body recontouring Plan to get "better outcomes for patients" Adelaide's Queen Elizabeth Hospital is refusing to perform certain major surgery on anyone who is obese or a smoker.

In one of the first moves of its kind in Australia, the hospital has issued criteria demanding patients achieve a "healthy weight range" and quit smoking before being considered for liposuction and body recontouring treatment. The procedure involves surgically removing large folds of excess skin and fat which can harbour infections.

All current patients will be told to return to their GP to devise a weight-loss strategy or a quit plan if they do not meet the new requirements. Melbourne's Alfred Hospital previously has refused to perform lung surgery on smokers but the Australian Medical Association yesterday was unaware of any other hospitals with similar criteria.

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