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• Varicose Veins

Want Healthy Veins? Start with a Healthy Diet.

Here are some tips to maintain a diet that promotes better circulation and hopefully decreases your odds for varicose veins.

February 24, 2025

• Staff Spotlight

Staff Spotlight With Susan Cottrell, CRNP

For this month’s employee spotlight, we’re featuring Susan Cottrell, CRNP. Susan has been a valuable member of our CVL family for eight years, working in the Chambersberg, Hagerstown and Frederick offices.

February 4, 2025

• Cosmetic
• Spider Veins
• Varicose Veins

Steps to Success: 6 Tips to Prepare for Varicose Vein Treatment

You’re going to love the way your legs look and feel. Here are some helpful tips before you say goodbye to those pesky, ugly veins.

December 17, 2024

• Staff Spotlight

Staff Spotlight With Tiffany Prashar, FNP-C

We’re excited to kick off our new employee spotlight series with Tiffany Prashar, FNP-C. Tiffany is a Vascular Nurse Practitioner in our Bethesda and Frederick offices, where she has worked since 2020. She completed her degrees at George Mason University and Indiana State University.

November 8, 2024

• Varicose Veins

An Interview with Dr. McNeill on the International Vein Congress

During the third week of April 2024, the world’s leading professionals in the field of venous research and practice gathered in Miami for the 22nd International Vein Congress. Capitol Vein & Laser’s own Dr. Paul McNeill was in attendance to both share and gain knowledge in the rapidly advancing field.

October 1, 2024

• Varicose Veins

Follow Your Heart: Finding the Right Vein Specialist for You

The vascular and venous medical specialty, like all medicine, is a science. Providers study for years before beginning to practice, and researchers dedicate years to finding breakthroughs that the next generation will build on. Choosing a specialist, however, is a personal, emotional decision.

September 10, 2024

• Varicose Veins

Watching Your Step: When To Worry About Varicose Veins

Learning more about varicose veins and knowing the signs and symptoms can help you stay healthy, active and pain-free.

June 25, 2024

• Varicose Veins

How Can I Prevent Varicose Veins While Pregnant?

Of course, we all know the biggest change is a growing belly. But most expecting mothers are unaware of the circulation changes that occur in their legs.

April 16, 2024

• Swelling

Connection Between Leg Ulcers and Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Chronic Venous Insufficiency occurs when your leg veins do not allow blood to flow back up to your heart and lungs.

February 20, 2024

• DVT
• Varicose Veins

Why You Should Never Ignore Varicose Veins

Varicose veins and spider veins are very common, affecting about 40 percent of men and 70 percent of women by age 60. These bulging, bluish-purple veins, usually found in the legs, are so common that there should be no shame or stigma in having them. Y

January 29, 2024