| ELASTIderm Eye Treatment Regenerates Elastic Fibers In Skin Around The Eyes, New Study Finds Obagi Medical Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMPI), a leader in topical aesthetic and therapeutic skin health systems, announced today the publication of a study of its copper-zinc malonate eye treatment ELASTIderm™ in the September 2008 issue of Experimental Dermatology, a premier journal of investigative dermatology. The results of the study suggest that six weeks of treatment with ELASTIderm can enhance the biosynthesis of elastin in skin. medicalnewstoday.com |
Makeup Sex Scarlett Johansson always reminds me of the so-called Venus of Willendorf. Like the famous figurine’s, her looks suggest an idealization of womanhood rather than an actual woman. Of course, the particular idealization in question here one of sexuality in the service of fertility and motherhood tends to run counter to the current era, with its fetishization of the looks that cheat the camera into believing a woman has yet to experience childbed, let alone putting a child to bed. nytimes.com |
Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Patients Honored For Giving Back An injured Iraqi citizen, a port wine stain patient, a breast reconstruction patient and a skin cancer patient will be named honorees of the Patients of Courage: Triumph Over Adversity awards by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) at Plastic Surgery 2009, October 24, 4:30 p.m., at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle. medicalnewstoday.com |
Kalispell Regional Medical Center To Implement The SurgiCount Safety-Sponge® System SurgiCount Medical, the wholly-owned operating subsidiary of Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PSTX), today announced that it has signed a contract with Kalispell Regional Medical Center to implement the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge® System, a proven solution to prevent one of the most common surgical errors, retained surgical sponges... mnt.to |
Postoperative Outcomes After Blood Transfusion In Non-Cardiac Surgery Patients A study presented at this year's American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting indicates that massive blood transfusion is associated with a significant increase in perioperative risk for mortality, cardiopulmonary complications, and wound-related and infectious complications in the long term. According to lead author Alparslan Turan, M.D... mnt.to |