| Physicians Coalition For Injectable Safety Warns Consumers About Cosmetic Injection Discounts Bargains on consumer goods and services may be designed to encourage spending in tough economic times, however when related to cosmetic injections like Restylane, Juvederm or Botox, the multi-specialty Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety warns that discounts raise a red flag. medicalnewstoday.com |
A Face Full Of Clues; Injuries May Tip Off Doctors To Abuse Women who suffer abuse at the hands of a loved one may not be so quick to talk about it. However, their facial injuries speak volumes. Newly released research in the January/February issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, shows women who are victims of intimate partner violence tend to have different patterns of facial injury than women who experience facial trauma from other causes. medicalnewstoday.com |
Plastic Surgeons Respond To Proposed Cosmetic Surgery Tax Late yesterday, democratic leaders in the Senate unveiled their proposal for overhauling the health care system, which included a new 5% tax on elective cosmetic procedures. Senate Democrats argue that the tax, which was a surprise addition to the sweeping 2,074-page bill, will generate $5.8 billion over the next 10 years to be put towards the bill's estimated $849 billion price tag. medicalnewstoday.com |
Bellevue Salon Owner Sentenced To 13 Months In Prison In Connection With Unlicensed Cosmetic Treatments XIN HE, aka FAITH HE, 46, of Issaquah, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 13 months in prison and one year of supervised release for a felony count of Misbranding of a Drug While Held for Sale and two misdemeanor counts of Receipt & Proffered Delivery of Adulterated Device. HE was convicted at a bench trial October 30, 2009... mnt.to |
Study Shows Challenging Outcomes For Ankle Arthritis Patients Undergoing Standard Surgical Treatment For Ankle Sprain And Cavus Foot A recent study published in the November issue of Foot & Ankle International (FAI), the official scientific journal of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) shows patients with moderate to severe ankle arthritis who were treated surgically for ankle instability secondary to multiple sprains as well as a high-arched (cavus) foot had poorer outcomes over the long-... mnt.to |