Cosmetic Services
- Scientists find bacterial zoo thrives in our skin 2009.08.03 Eeeww. There’s a zoo full of critters living on your skin — a bacterial zoo, that is. Consider your underarm a rain forest.
- Melanoma Awareness 2009.06.16 “Melanoma is the most common form of cancer for young adults 25-29 years old, and the second most common cancer in adolescents and young adults 15-29 years old,†said Dr. Sherri Vazales, of Bay View Dermatology in Petoskey.
- An interesting story, with a twist of lime 2008.11.17 She has an extended scar down her right thigh and around her knee, and one afternoon she mentioned it, so I asked how it happened.
- LASIK Expectations: Before, During, and After 2008.08.15 This article is a compilation of patient information developed by manufacturers and healthcare professionals, but cannot replace the dialogue you should have with your doctor.
- The Skinny on Liposuction 2008.08.15 Liposuction is the most popular form of cosmetic surgery in the United States, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).
- Removing Hair Safely 2008.07.25 Here are some tips related to common methods of hair removal.
- Use Eye Cosmetics Safely 2008.07.25 Safety experts within the Office of Cosmetics and Colors in FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) offer consumers the following advice.
- Wrinkle Relief: Injectable Cosmetic Fillers 2008.07.25 In the quest for youth—or at least a more youthful appearance—women and men are seeking treatments to minimize laugh lines, crow's feet, and forehead furrows.
- Surgeons Drive Plate And Screw Market To Over $170 Million In Japan By 2014 According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the Japanese plate and screw market will be driven by strong surgeon acceptance and adoption, driving this market to over $170 million by 2014...
- Allergan Resolves United States Government Investigation Of Past Sales And Marketing Practices Relating To Certain Therapeutic Uses Of BOTOX(R) Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) announced that it has reached a resolution with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the previously reported Government investigation into Allergan's past U.S. sales and marketing practices relating to certain therapeutic uses of BOTOX®(onabotulinumtoxinA)...
- Hospital For Special Surgery Is Once Again The Only New York Hospital With Surgical Site Infection Rate Significantly Lower Than State Average For the second year in a row, Hospital for Special Surgery is the only hospital in New York State with an infection rate that is significantly lower than the state average for hip replacement or revision surgeries, according to the 2009 report on hospital infection rates released today by the State Department of Health...
- Oral Supplements Enhance Effectiveness Of Botox Injections Taking a dietary supplement of organic zinc and the enzyme phytase four days before receiving botulinum toxin injections made the toxin more effective in 93 percent of patients tested in a recent study at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Dr...
- Randomized Controlled Trial Finds Masimo PVI Improves Fluid Management During Surgery Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI) announced that a new randomized controlled trial published in Anesthesia&Analgesia shows that clinicians using Masimo Pleth Variability Index (PVI®) significantly improved fluid management and reduced lactate levels in patients during and after surgery, compared to patients managed by standard care without PVI(1)...
- Consumer guide to Plastic Surgery 08.04.08 A commercial site describing plastic surgery options.
- CosmeticSurgery.com 08.04.08 Commercial site with good information on different types of procedures.
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons 08.04.08 Homepage and informational site for the ASPS.
- Plastic Surgery, Wikipedia Link 07.31.08 While famous for aesthetic surgery, plastic surgery also includes a variety of fields: craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, burn surgery, microsurgery, and pediatric surgery.