| 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 |
Botulinum Toxin Provides New Treatment Option For patients with an uncommon condition causing a swollen appearance of the lower face, treatment with botulinum toxin type A (Botox) provides an effective alternative to plastic surgery, according to a study in the November Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. medicalnewstoday.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 |
Peruvian Gang Killed People To Sell Their Fat Say Police Police in Peru have arrested four people, three men and a woman, whom they allege are members of a gang suspected of killing up to 60 people in order to extract their body fat to sell for thousands of dollars a litre to foreign markets to make cosmetics... 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 |