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Summer 2007 • Vol.7 No. 3

•Making the Most of Life with One Leg
•September Is National PAD Awareness Month!
•21st Century High-Tech Treatments for Varicose Veins
•One More Reason to Give Up Smoking
•J. D. Coffman Receives VDF's Jacobson Award for Physician Excellence
•VDF HealthCasts Continue
•Chronic Venous Insufficiency
•About Platelets
•REACH Registry Verifies Adverse Outcomes for Patients with PAD
•7th Annual KIC Program, CO
•Annual VIVA Fun Run/Walk to Benefit VDF
•Frequently Asked Questions
•Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona Joins VDF Board
•Thank You to Our Recent Donors
•Support Team VDF
•In the News
•Spirit of Women Shoe Auction

In the News

Free vascular screenings in September
The annual Legs for Life© screenings will be conducted across the country during the month of September. Most locations provide free screenings for peripheral arterial disease, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and carotid and venous disease. Screening locations will be posted in August at www.vdf.org, legsforlife.org or vascularweb.org.

Annual AARP Life@50+Convention
Join us in Boston, MA, on September 6-8. VDF board member Dr. Michael Jaff will provide an interesting presentation on PAD and circulation. We hope to see you there!

VDF's Annual Report
Thanks to all of our donors and supporters, VDF had a great year in 2006! If you want to read about it, please contact us at 888.VDF.4INFO to get your free copy of the 2006 Annual Report

Web site
VDF has recently improved our Web site! Check it out at www.vdf.org.

Grants Renewed
VDF is pleased to announce that Bard Peripheral Vascular and W.L. Gore and Associates have renewed their grants. These grants are multi-year unrestricted grants and will help VDF continue to increase awareness and provide education about vascular disease. We greatly appreciate this support.