A new study released Monday in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association confirms what Mom always told you – too much TV watching is bad for you. The study looked at health data among 8,800 men and women over age 25 in the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study. Researchers separated the participants into three groups: those […]
Here’s a interesting commentary by Florida Medical Association President, Dr. James Dolan, regarding the constitutionality of the proposed Healthcare reform proposal that requires the mandatory purchase of health insurance. I have quoted the relevant sections, below.**** Interestingly, the one proposal that has united critics on the left and the right is the so-called “individual mandate,” […]
I had an interesting conversation with a patient this week, who strenuously asserted that the link between cholesterol levels and heart disease remains “unproven”. As it happens, this month’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has a major new study reviewing the link between cholesterol, heart disease and stroke, so I was able […]
Ever see a product and go, “I wish I had thought of that”? Today, I tested a new surgical product called the Keller funnel, named after its inventor, also a plastic surgeon – and I had that very same sentiment. Essentially, the Keller funnel looks like a high-tech cake decorator’s funnel, the triangular bag with which […]
New details have now emerged regarding the tragedy which occurred in south Florida, following liposuction surgery at an unlicensed medispa, which we discussed in an earlier chapter of the blog. According to an October 30, 2009 article in the Sun-Sentinel, the patient was not having the liposuction surgery performed with just local anesthesia (numbing with […]
I just noticed….PSB – the plastic surgery blog is now up to 100 posts! According to Google, PSB is now Central Florida’s #1 plastic surgery blog, and is rated in the top five plastic surgery blogs by Blogged.com. Thanks at all that have provided encouragement and feedback.
I’ve been saying this for years, and now the World Health Organization has issued a definitive statement: tanning booths cause skin cancer. In the story from the CBC news website, the International Agency for Cancer Research or IARC, the World Health Organization’s cancer wing in Lyon, France, updated the cancer risk level from tanning beds, based on […]
According to a recent report, obesity rates in the U.S. have further increased over the last year, with adult obesity rates rising in 23 states. For the fifth year in a row, Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesity at 32.5%. Three other states – West Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee – also had adult […]
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death for both men and women in the U.S. An interesting new study, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that, not only is obesity linked to the risk of developing this fatal disease, but that obesity in early adulthood in particular makes you […]
I was astounded to learn that each year, 16,000 children are seriously injured by lawn mowers here in the U.S. each year.Since June is National Safety Month, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is doing its part to remind people about this commonplace hazard. Of course, lawn mowers don’t “attack” on their own. Most injuries – such […]
