Houston’s Top Doctors

Houston is home to the world’s larget concentrations of researchand health care institutions. With countless medical doctors, only a small percentage can be names Top Doctors. H. Texas has search the... to identify physicians known for excellence in a city famous for breakthroughs in medicine. From an initial diagnosis to a lifetime of care, these docx work .... and deserve recognition. Nominated by their pears and H. Texas readers, here are Houston’s Top Doctors.

THINK ABOUT GETTING YOUR SPIDER OR VARICOSE VEINS TREATED AS THE SUMMER COMES TO AN END.

Some patients hide bulging, discolored veins on their legs by wearing pants. But they aren't able to hide from the pain, swelling and intense itching these veins can cause.

Varicose veins affect one out of two people over age 50. Luckily for them, advanced, minimally invasive treatments to reduce pain and eliminate unsightly veins have replaced old techniques of stripping or removing varicose veins through large incisions.

ADVANCED TREATMENT FOR VARICOSE VEINS

Some women hide bulging, discolored veins on their legs by wearing pants. But they aren't able to hide from the pain, swelling and intense itching these veins can cause.

Varicose veins affect one out of two people over age 50.* Luckily for them, advanced, minimally invasive treatments to reduce pain and eliminate unsightly veins have replaced old techniques of stripping or removing varicose veins through large incisions.

COUNTDOWN TO THE BIG REVEAL

It’s one of those beauty myths we just can’t shake: if you cross your legs, you’ll get varicose veins. “No, no, no,” insists Dr. Joseph Naoum of the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center Vein Clinic, the expert I sought out to remedy my own leg discomfort. A lot of people suffer from varicose and spider veins - 15 percent of American men, 25 percent of women. Most sufferers can thank the onset of pregnancy (and the flush of changing hormones), standing occupations, obesity and genetics for the condition that often causes aching pain. In my own case, a single varicose vein in my left calf and the makings of others instigated my visit.

Treatment of very fine spider veins with a specially designed thermocoagulation needle.