UAP Clinic Announces Plans for New Medical Office Building

Terre Haute, December 8, 2011- After more than two years of planning and discussion, Union Associated Physicians Clinic has begun construction of a new medical office building on the campus of Union Hospital. The official groundbreaking for the new facility will take place on Thursday, December 8, 2011. The project will take 18 months to complete and will cost approximately $20 million.  

"The new UAP Clinic facility will be a tremendous asset for the residents of the Wabash Valley, said CEO Patrick Board. "Not only will it be a state-of-the-art facility for providing better outpatient medical care to patients, it will also allow our physicians to provide more timely care to patients at Union Hospital, both inpatients and those who come through the emergency department. For over 95 years, UAP Clinic has been committed to providing quality primary and specialty medical care in the Wabash Valley and this new facility represents our commitment to sustain the commitment into the future.

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Do you have leg discomfort, pain or swelling? Do you have varicose veins?

You may already know more about varicose veins than you would like. Half of all Americans over 50 (and two-thirds of women over 60) suffer from the pain and swelling of those big ropey leg veins.

"The condition is caused by failing valves in the saphenous veins that allow blood to pool in the legs, and symptoms can range from aching and fatigue to skin ulcers", Dr. Glenn Mandeville, surgeon, UAP Clinic, said.

Women who have had more than two pregnancies are at particular risk, and heredity, weight, and careers that require standing throughout the day, like nursing or teaching, are risk factors as well.

In the 20th Century, the only surgical option for patients with severe varicose veins was a painful procedure called vein stripping that left the patient scarred and laid up for weeks. Today, however, we have medical technology to treat the problem with minimally invasive catheters that close the diseased vein from within. The physician pulls the device through the vein, delivering bursts of energy through the catheter's heating element to heat and contract the vein walls. With the saphenous vein sealed, the body re-establishes healthier circulation and the varicosity symptoms quickly dissipate.

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