News, special offers

For the sixth year in a row, the VC4 affiliate Baltic Vein Clinic is making a SPECIAL summer offer – “Roll Into Summer with Healthy Legs!”  If you suffer from discomfort, weightiness or a burning feeling in your lower legs, cramps in the muscles of your lower legs, swollen ankles at the end of the day, or a distinctive web of veins on your legs, don’t wait!  Come in to check the health of your veins!

Capital Clinic Riga has contract with a genetic testing company of Estonia „Asper Biotech” to offer cancer predisposition testing. These tests will be included into general health examination program „Cancer screening”. 

The Clinic of Dermatology has implemented new body and facial correction method, developed by the Belgian company EUROMI, with the latest 3D liposuction technology EVA sp® 6, which emits infrasound into the adipose tissue. 

The specialists improve their knowledge on the magnetic resonance venography (MRV) which becomes more and more important world-wide in examination of vein-pathology

Surgeons from Children's Hospital for the first time in Latvia carried out a complicated heart surgery - a percutaneous pulmonary aortic valve implantation for 15-year-old girl with combined heart desease. Previously such operations were carrying out on open-heart with connecting the patient to extracorporeal cicrculation. 

The Clinic of Dermatology of the Health Centre 4 (HC4) is the first medical institution in the Baltic States performing special genetic testing in order to examine gene mutations in DNA, evaluate disease risk factors, and take preventive steps. 

In order the participation in the event would be without unpleasant surprises preparation for the big challenge of endurance – marathon run – includes not only great physical and stable psycho emotional preparation, but also immaculate health. 

Statistics of the World Health Organisation indicate that more than 10% of fatal events are related to oncologic diseases. Good piece of news is the fact that malignant tumours are increasingly more discovered in early stages and that makes treatment of the diseases much more effective.

The USA Food and Drug Administration has officially approved and attested safety of the VenaSeal vein sealing technology with biological adhesive. It is the first device allowing to permanently treating varicose veins by closing them with biological adhesive. 

Ukrainian colleagues Dr Vitaly Prasol, Dr Inna Pulyaeva and Dr Evgeny Cherkasheninov from Kharkov could see it for themselves during the training in the field of vein surgery within the existing training programme at the Health Centre 4 (HC4).