Archive for the ‘Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery’ Category
Friday, February 8th, 2008
UroToday.com - Penile hemangiomas are very uncommon mesenchymal tumors.Generally, they are small in size and clinically not relevant, except for complaints regarding the aesthetic aspect and the possibility of bleeding during intercourse. The localization of the hemangioma to the glans is rarer. Therapeutic options for small lesions include surgical therapy, ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
As more and more laser treatment horror stories hit the headlines, consultant surgeon Brian Newman urges people to consider their options before undergoing laser cosmetic surgery. BBC newsreader Kate Silverton is the latest of a long line of people who have suffered at the hands of laser treatment and endured ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Today saw the launch of a new disease awareness website http://www.loseweightgainlife.co.uk from Allergan as part of its ongoing commitment to raise awareness of obesity as a serious medical condition and offer clear information and support to patients considering bariatric surgery. 'Lose Weight Gain Life' has been developed following ...
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Healthy consumers can handle the low levels of bacteria occasionally found in cosmetics. But for severely ill patients these bacteria may trigger life-threatening infections, as patients in the intensive care unit at one Barcelona hospital discovered after using contaminated body moisturiser. The Burkholderia cepacia bacteria outbreak is detailed in the ...
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Mesotherapy treatment is a non surgical cosmetic solution aimed at diminishing problem areas in your body such as cellulite, excess weight, body contouring, and face/neck rejuvenation, just to name a few. It is administered via numerous injections containing various types of FDA approved medicines, vitamins, and minerals. -- It is ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Grammy Award winning singer Roberta Flack is one of the most recognized voices of mesotherapy. Her lifelong struggle with weight loss led her to the discovery of this advanced application that at the time meant a regimen of painful hypodermic treatments. By 2003, Flack had lost more than 35 ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
In response to public reports suggesting a causal link between a BOTOX(R) Cosmetic treatment in 2003 and a fatality, Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) provided further assurance to patients and the public about BOTOX(R) Cosmetic and BOTOX(R) (Botulinum Toxin Type A). On January 23, Public Citizen, an advocacy group founded by Ralph ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
When it comes to the aging eye area, going under the knife is no longer the only option. According to the American Academy of Facial and Plastic Surgery, surgeons are seeing a more educated patient who is interested in non-surgical options to obtain the best results. One of the most ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
The New York Times on Thursday examined whether breast implants are the kind of "annuity medicine" that will require routine surgical "tune-ups" and whether they expose patients to increased medical risk and unreasonable out-of-pocket expenses. Doctors in the U.S. performed about 329,000 breast augmentation surgeries in 2007, up from about ...
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
AA Advanced Technology, Inc. has received Class III FDA approval for Mesoderm®, a no needle delivery system for mesotherapy drugs. Mesoderm® is the only Mesoporation® based technology that eliminates the need for hypodermic injections.At the heart of MesoDerm® is a proprietary and patented technology called Mesos®. Developed by Microlab Biomedical ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Your face may be giving away your age, and it has nothing to do with wrinkles, sagging skin or droopy eyelids. A study in January's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® (PRS), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), found that as we age, the lower jaw ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Your face may be giving away your age, and it has nothing to do with wrinkles, sagging skin or droopy eyelids. A study in January's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery(R) (PRS), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), found that as we ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Non-medical staff giving advice, misleading claims, remote prescribing and pressure selling are just some of the findings from a new Which? investigation* into the UK cosmetic treatments industry. With nearly 1 in 5 UK adults saying they would consider having cosmetic surgery**, more needs to be done to protect consumers ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
Plastic surgeons are re-evaluating past scientific findings and developing new knowledge about the effects of silicone breast implants. A recent supplement to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery(R) (PRS), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), sheds new light on the psychological impact ...
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that the existing body mass index criteria for obesity surgery often excludes a group of obese patients at risk of cardiovascular disease.The study, appearing in the December issue of the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, is among the first to evaluate ...
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