Beginning January 1, 2012, teens under age 18 in California will no longer be permitted to use tanning beds. This makes California the first state to prohibit minors from using commercial indoor tanning devices, regardless of parental consent. The measure was sponsored by the California Society of Dermatology and Dermatological Surgery and the AIM at […]
Bad news for the vitamin industry. A study published in Archives of Internal Medicine examining the use of vitamin and mineral supplements among 38,772 postmenopausal women over a 19 year period found that copper supplements and high-dose iron supplements actually caused a statistically significant increase in mortality. Daily multi-vitamins, vitamin B6, folic acid, magnesium, and zinc were also […]
For those of you who haven’t been paying attention: it’s October, which means breast cancer awareness month, in addition to Fall weather (= still hot in Orlando) and Halloween. The Susan G. Komen foundation is holding their annual Race for the Cure this sunday, at UCF. You can run or walk the 5K distance. Our […]
Pravda, the famous Russian newspaper, reports an offbeat story: a 40-year old Moscow woman was saved from certain death by her breast implants. She had been attacked by her former husband, with a knife, after an argument got heated. He apparently tried to stab her in the heart, but the knife got stuck in the […]
In this month’s PRS journal, a study of over 1200 breast augmentation patients reviewed the relationship between incision location and any alterations in the sensitivity of the nipple or areola. Previous studies in this area were small, and had conflicting results. This study showed, quite convincingly, that the nipple incision for breast augmentation does have significant negative […]
Free botox – sounds too good to be true, right? Of course, there’s a catch – but for the month of October 2011, we’re offering a simply unbeatable deal. We want our loyal friends & customers to help us “spread the word” about our Botox services – so we’ve cooked up this fantastic “Botox buddy” October promotion […]
Today, at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, a new public service campaign was unveiled. It’s called “Do Your Homework” – and it refers to the selection of a properly trained and credentialed plastic surgeon for any elective plastic surgery.”Patients are getting injured, some are dying during procedures performed by non-board-certified […]
Here’s the story of how British plastic surgeons donated their skills and time to successfully separate a pair of conjoined twins that were joined at the head. Well done! ********* (Reuters) – Surgeons at a British hospital have successfully separated conjoined twin baby girls in a complex and extremely rare operation, the charity that funded […]
A few years ago, a new anesthesia gadget called the BIS monitor, short for bi-spectral index, made the headlines. The claim was that this new monitor would ensure that the patient was truly “asleep” and unaware of the surgery…but not getting too much medication either. It works by calculating a score from EEG (brain-wave) patterns. […]
How many times have we heard it: “if we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we cure the common cold?” Well, some smart guys from MIT may have figured it out. Meet “DRACO” – short for Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) Activated Caspase Oligomerizer. It’s an all-purpose anti-viral agent. So far, in tests in […]
