| True Heroes: Wounded U.S. Soldiers Discuss Their Experiences In Iraq Who: U.S. soldiers and their plastic surgeons, members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) What: In response to the many requests the ASPS has received from reporters wanting to speak with soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, the ASPS has identified soldiers and the plastic surgeons who have helped them in their recovery. medicalnewstoday.com |
Pioneering Hospital Opens In New Orleans The American Cancer Society estimated 182,460 new cases of breast cancer would be diagnosed in 2008, equaling one diagnosis every 3 minutes. Today there are nearly 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. After 18 months of keen anticipation, Frank J. DellaCroce, MD, FACS and Scott K. Sullivan, MD, FACS, founders and principal surgeons of the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery in New Orleans, are proud to announce the opening of St. medicalnewstoday.com |
Cosmetic Ear Surgery Has The Youngest Age Of Patients, Survey Finds So many classic childhood movies (Dumbo) and sing-a-longs (Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro?) emphasize large and protruding ears. But it turns out that having protruding ears is often-times a humiliating feature for a teenager. According to the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery's 2008 Procedural Survey, 27. medicalnewstoday.com |
Giving Soybean Oil A New Role Health And Beauty Scientists have reported development of a new method for converting soybean oil into a highly effective bio-based sunscreen active ingredient that does not carry the potential health concerns of ingredients in some existing sunscreens... mnt.to |
Makeup That Lasts and Lip Balms That Don’t Beauty products in bright, waterproof colors; a class offers relief for feet tortured by heels. nytimes.com |