| Hard Times, but Your Lips Look Great Lipstick serves as a cosmetic solution to indulgences on a tight budget. nytimes.com |
MRSA Pre-screening Effective In Reducing Otolaryngic Surgical Infection Rates Pre-operative screening of patients for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may be an effective way to reduce infection rates following otolaryngic surgeries, according to new research published in the January 2009 issue of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. The study, conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts Ear & Eye Infirmary, is the first to review otolaryngic procedures, and reviewed the medical records of 420 patients. medicalnewstoday.com |
Recession Cuts Many, Not All Plastic Surgery Procedures Showing sensitivity to weaknesses in the U.S. economy, plastic surgery was not spared from the recession's grasp. According to the newest national procedural statistics report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), in 2008, doctors performed over 12 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures - encompassing both surgical and minimally-invasive procedures. Surgical numbers dropped nine percent and minimally-invasive numbers rose five percent. medicalnewstoday.com |
Yves Rocher, Cosmetics Pioneer, Dies at 79 Mr. Rocher founded the company that bears his name in 1959 and transformed it into one of France’s most well-known beauty brands. nytimes.com |
Garnet BioTherapeutics Announces First Patient Treated In Trial Of New Therapy For Improvement In Scar Appearance Garnet BioTherapeutics, Inc. ("Garnet"), a regenerative medicine company focused on developing cell based therapies, announced that the first patient has been treated in a Phase 2 multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of its lead product candidate GBT009 at Unity Hospital in Rochester, New York... mnt.to |