TOP 100 COSMETIC SITES
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| Robotic Assisted Neck Surgery Spares Incision, Scar Surgeons at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago have performed an innovative robotic-assisted procedure to remove parathyroid glands without an incision or scar on the patient's neck. Bilal Akbar, 53, suffered from hyperparathyroidism caused by chronic kidney failure. His overactive parathyroid glands produced too much parathyroid hormone (PTH), which caused dangerously high calcium levels in the blood. This can lead to bone, blood vessel and heart damage. medicalnewstoday.com |
Full Results Of Varisolve US Phase II Safety Study To Be Presented At ACP - Does Not Cause Cerebral Injury BTG plc (LSE:BGC), the life sciences company, announces that the full results of the US phase II safety study of Varisolve® are being presented today at the American College of Phlebology (ACP) 22nd Annual Congress. The results confirm that treatment with Varisolve® in subjects with right-to-left (R-L) cardiac shunts, which may allow residual bubbles following treatment to enter the cerebral arterial circulation, does not cause cerebral injury. medicalnewstoday.com |
Cleavage Rejuvenation, Do-It-Yourself Lasers, Botox® Breast Lift - Hype Or Reality? Whether their effectiveness is fact or fiction, less invasive cosmetic procedures such as cleavage rejuvenation, do-it-yourself (DIY) cosmetic therapies, and using Botox® to "lift" the breasts are making headlines, but are they safe? Plastic surgeons are discussing if these, and more, are cutting edge new discoveries or just "buyer beware" marketing hype at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2009 conference, Oct. 23 - 27, in Seattle. medicalnewstoday.com |
American Association Of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Nineteen Other Surgical Groups Call For Changes To Senate Health Legislation The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) joined nineteen other surgical organizations, led by the American College of Surgeons, to send a letter to the U.S. Senate today reiterating they are prepared to oppose the Senate's health care reform bill due to its threat to patients' access to specialty care and its potential to harm quality care. This coalition represents over 240,000 surgeons and anesthesiologists. medicalnewstoday.com |
BJOG Release: Study Raises Concerns About Cosmetic Labial Surgery New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology reviews the available literature on cosmetic labial surgery and underlines the striking lack of evidence on the safety and long-term consequences of such procedures. The authors caution that medically nonessential surgery to the labia is being promoted to women, while no data on clinical effectiveness exist. medicalnewstoday.com |