| New Dental Treatments Take A Bite Out Of The Credit Crunch - British Academy Of Cosmetic Dentistry The British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the not-for-profit, leading organisation for the advancement and ethical delivery of cosmetic dentistry, today unveiled results for their 2007 audit which polled over 200 practices around the country and outlines over 100,000 procedures. 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 |
More News Briefs From Plastic Surgery 2009 Face and Hand Transplants - Ready to Become Mainstream Medicine? Though once inconceivable, face and hand transplants are quickly making themselves more present, both in the operating room and in the media. The world's first hand transplant was performed more than a decade ago, and the first partial-face transplant performed in the United States (and most extensive procedure to date) was completed this year. medicalnewstoday.com |
SCAI Publishes Structural Heart Disease Core Curriculum And Survey Results The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) published a first-of-its-kind core curriculum consensus document for the treatment of structural heart disease... mnt.to |
Randomized Controlled Trial Shows Masimo Noninvasive And Continuous Hemoglobin Monitor Helps Clinicians Reduce Blood Transfusions During Surgery Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI) announced that a new randomized controlled trial shows that the Masimo noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin (SpHb®) monitor helped anesthesiologists reduce the frequency of blood transfusion by 86% in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery... mnt.to |