Vanderbilt Burn Expertise To Assist Federal Battlefield Injuries Project
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of three clinical sites testing new products to replace burned skin as part of a massive federal grant program announced Thursday. The collaborative effort is expected to boost treatment options for soldiers injured in war zones.
Considering Weight Loss Surgery? What You Need To Know
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 66 percent of all U.S. adults are overweight or obese. Faced with conditions of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, many Americans are shopping for bariatric surgery to help manage these conditions and, in some cases, cure them.
British Cosmetics Doctors Unite Against Laser De-Regulation
The British Association of Cosmetic Doctors the organisation established for the advancement, education and practice of cosmetic dermatology in the UK has warned that the government is putting the public at severe risk with the Department of Health's (DOH) proposals to deregulate lasers and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technologies.
When Facelifts Go Wrong: Stanford Expert Counsels Plastic Surgeons On Dealing With Unhappy Patients
Watch for the red flags: the patient who pulls out a photo of Tom Cruise and says he wants to look just like that, or the perfectionist who comes to the initial interview with each hair in place, makeup just so. There's the price haggler, and the multiple-surgeon shopper and then the paranoid personality.
Botox Parties Not Just Fun And Games, Advises The American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) show that almost 2.8 million Botox procedures were performed last year. Botox has been the most popular cosmetic procedure since 2000, and the number of procedures performed has increased 82% in the past five years.
Several Instruments Used To Study Results Of Facial Plastic Surgery
A review of previous studies published in the May/June issue of Archivesof Facial Plastic Surgery reports that over the last 10years, it has become more common to use objective andvalidated measures for assessing the outcomes of facial plasticsurgery.
Surgeon And Laser Pioneer Warns Cosmetic Deregulation Is A Danger For Patients, UK
Consultant Plastic Surgeon and international laser expert David Gault spoke out against the Department of Health's proposal to deregulate laser and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) devices for 'cosmetic' treatments. Mr Gault who helped develop the first hair-removing laser over 18 years ago and acts as an expert witness in medico-legal cases of 'botched' laser and IPL treatments is particularly concerned that these measures will lead to permanent complications in patients.
Disparities In Use Of Breast Reconstruction May Stem From Lack Of Patient-Provider Discussion
In a new study examining disparities in postmastectomy breast reconstruction, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Mass., concluded that lack of patient-provider discussion may contribute to socioeconomic, age and race-related inconsistencies in the use of breast reconstruction after mastectomy.
Plastic Surgeons Launch Skin Healing Gel
New 'Miracle' Skin Healing Cream Now Available to the PublicThe wait is finally over as five of the UK's leading plastic surgeons launch HEAL: a revolutionary new healing gel originally created to soothe and reduce inflammation of the skin following surgery (thereby shortening recover.
Teaching A Computer To Recognize Attractiveness In Women
"Beauty, " goes the old saying, "is in the eye of the beholder." But does the beholder have to be human?Not necessarily, say scientists at Tel Aviv University. Amit Kagian, an M.Sc. graduate from the TAU School of Computer Sciences, has successfully "taught" a computer how to interpret attractiveness in women.