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The FDA “Has a Chat” With Plastic Surgeons
It’s always good to hear about the FDA being proactive. Below, a post by Jim Edwards, writing on BNET’s “Placebo Effect, ” tells how the FDA reacted when surgeons began advising doctors that they shouldn’t use the word “cancer” when talking about a form of breast cancer associated with breast implants. http://www.bnet.com/blog/drug-business/when-is-breast-cancer-not-cancer-when-youre-funded-by-breast-implant-makers/7603?tag=content;drawer-container &#...
Source: Health Beat - March 5, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Maggie Mahar Source Type: blogs

(Not) Doing the Math
Next week I am closing my New York City office after 30 years of practice (more on this in a post for Monday) and I have had to refer a number of patients for continuing therapy and/or medication. At this point I have one elderly patient who needs to be referred to a Psychiatrist who accepts Medicare. I have spent quite a bit of time trying to make a referral and can find no Psychiatrists in the area (an area flooded with Psychiatrists) who I know and respect and who accept Medicare. The last person I spoke with mentioned that he had just decided to stop being a provider for Medicare. We commise...
Source: ShrinkWrapped - March 2, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: ShrinkWrapped Source Type: blogs

Does UltraShape Really Melt Away Body Fat?
Lucia longs to learn: I’ve heard about a method called UltraShape, which claims it can literally melt fat with ultrasound without affecting surrounding tissues. The best part is, you can melt a pound of fat without anesthesia and then go right away to your daily routine. Is that possible? How can they make sure they are not burning other tissues? Is it available in the US? The Left Brain responds: UltraShape is a type of non-invasive body contouring that uses focused ultrasound waves to melt away body fat without an incision. Each treatment takes about an hour and you can go right back to work after the session. Th...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - March 2, 2011 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Left Brain Tags: Cosmetic surgery Questions Weight Source Type: blogs

See Our March Specials in the Skin Spa
Specials in the Skin Spa for February include: $99 Spa Special - Ultrasonic or Microdermabrasion offered on Monday and Tuesday with Emma ($51.00 savings) Free Eyebrow Wax with any facial scheduled with Emma on Monday and Tuesday ($25.00 savings) Laser Hair Reduction - Receive 25% off a single treated area or purchase one area at full price and receive second area of equal or lesser value at 50%
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - February 28, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Authors: A Campbell Source Type: blogs

Are Patients Making Good Decisions About Breast Reconstruction?
The objective of the study was to “measure women's knowledge about reconstruction and to evaluate the degree to which treatments reflected patients' goals and preferences.” Their conclusion (bold emphasis is mine): Women treated with mastectomy in this study were not well-informed about breast reconstruction. Treatments were associated with patients' goals and concerns, however, and patients were highly involved in their decisions. Knowledge deficits suggest that breast cancer patients would benefit from interventions to support their decision making. Granted the study was small, but it left me wondering if we the ...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 28, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: breast reconstruction plastic surgery article review breasts Source Type: blogs

The Big Squeeze
About a week ago, an editorial from a plastic surgeon Lloyd Kreiger, MD, appeared in the Wall Street Journal entitled "ObamaCare Is Already Damaging Health Care." While I'm not sure I'm ready to concede that Obamacare has already damaged health care in America, I will agree the law is certainly is changing health care, aligning health care corporate interests with political interests, with doctors feeling the squeeze between the two. Last year in the MGMA's most recent survey of practicing physicians, an important milestone was reached: over 50% of doctors are now employed by large health care corporations. This has been...
Source: Dr. Wes - February 27, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Kiteboarding
by CaribMD (Posted Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:17 am)[quote="kashikkumar56"]In order to be a general surgeon or plastic surgeon can you go to osteopathic medicine school or do you have to go to medical school?Osteopathic is medical school.So yes to both.
Source: Med Student Guide - February 24, 2011 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Symmastia Complications and Breast Implants
Symmastia is a breast implant complication where the implants migrate toward the center of the chest wall and even touch, creating the look of a fused breast.Contributor: Erica LovettPublished: Feb 23, 2011
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - February 23, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

VIPS Guidelines for Providing Surgical Care
No this VIPS doesn’t stand for “very important person” or the famous (local or national) person you might care for in your practice. I think it is best to try to treat everyone with the same standards of care. Similar to the checklist that Atul Gawande has brought to the public eye, this keeps you from “missing” something or not providing some important aspect of care. The Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine had a nice article by Dr. Jorge Guzman recently on this topic: Caring for VIPs: Nine principles ……. In this case, VIPS stands for “volunteers in plastic surgery.”&...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 23, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: vips volunteer surgeons surgery plastic surgery Source Type: blogs

Kiteboarding
by kashikkumar56 (Posted Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:43 am)In order to be a general surgeon or plastic surgeon can you go to osteopathic medicine school or do you have to go to medical school?Kiteboarding
Source: Med Student Guide - February 22, 2011 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Shout Outs
Dr. Rich, Covert Rationing Blog, is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds! You can read this week’s edition here. Especially since the events of last week, it would be absurd for DrRich to think that everybody is out to get him. Still, it seems plain that, of late, …... And so, Dear Reader, while DrRich is certainly happy to be hosting Grand Rounds for the fourth time, and is particularly delighted with the quality of postings which he has the honor of featuring this week, it occurs to him that hosting an event with such high (and well-deserved) visibility might draw certain “extra attention” here. So pe...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 22, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: quilt Charity shout outs medicine Source Type: blogs

New Non-Surgical Fat Reduction Treatment — CoolSculpting by Zeltiq Is Here
I am pleased to announce that we will be offering CoolSculpting by Zeltiq in the Skin Spa. Zeltiq offers a new, non-invasive way to gently reduce fat in targeted areas of your body. Zeltiq is unique in its use of cooling technology to eliminate fat cells. There are no needles, no incisions, and no need for anesthesia or pain medications, and no recovery time.The technology is based on research
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - February 21, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Authors: Christine Hamori, MD Source Type: blogs

Klout: How "Influential" Are You, Doctor?
I stumbled across Klout.com recently, thanks to an tweet by the well-respected web strategist and industry analyst at the Altimeter Group, Jeremiah Owyang. Needless to say, it's not a place doctors venture much. But I found the site, and it's potential to characterize physician's on-line influence, interesting. It works by giving people on Twitter and Facebook a "score", influenced by the lists that people are on, the number of original "tweets," number of times things are re-tweeted by others, and so on and then uses the metrics to classify the type and influence of the individual using social media. I suppose an analog...
Source: Dr. Wes - February 21, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Plastic Surgeon Dr. Daniel Ronel Killed in Car Crash
Well-known New Mexico plastic surgeon Dr. Daniel Ronel was killed in a one car crash in Sandoval County, New Mexico while driving north on I-25. The cause is under investigation.
Source: Inside Surgery - February 21, 2011 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire car crash Daniel Ronel killed Sandoval County Source Type: blogs

Apollo to Showcase Enterprise Patient Media Manager in the “Cloud” at HIMSS 2011
Falls Church, VA – February 18, 2011 - Apollo PACS, Inc., (Apollo), a provider of clinical multimedia solutions, is launching its proven Apollo Enterprise Patient Media Manager (Apollo EPMM®) solution in the “Cloud.” Apollo will be showcasing their latest service offering for healthcare providers and IT professionals at the Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition at Booth #462 in Orlando, Feb. 21-23, 2011. As a multi-tiered, open-system software solution, Apollo EPMM® helps healthcare institutions improve patient care and operational efficiency by providing specialty-specific workflow enabling simple and secure ...
Source: Digital Pathology Blog - February 20, 2011 Category: Pathologists Authors: Kaps Source Type: blogs

Weight Loss Surgery Can Be Crippling For Teens
A recent article said that weight loss surgery has been found to be more effective in teens than dieting ( http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/303/6/519 ), and it’s articles and studies like these that may be destroying our or your child health. It is going to show us how any study can be manipulated to show you the results that it means to. Teenagers getting surgery? Do you think, it is a surgery, that is really necessary at such a young age, without truly knowing the results? Does it sound like a travesty to you? As a holistic doctor, I am adamantly against unnecessary surgery for anyone, but for teenagers, w...
Source: Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog - February 18, 2011 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: skalitenko Tags: General health Obesity teens weightloss Source Type: blogs

scoped
I once had a colleague who was a former Fleet Street journalist. I can't remember his name but I do remember a story he told over a particularly boozy dinner."The worst kinds of press releases," he said, "keep all the best bits for the end. That's just not how it should be done. It's like reading a news story that says 'A crowd gathered at Buckingham Palace today. There were also fire engines and ambulances. The corgies were brought out to safety. The Palace burned to the ground. The Queen is dead." As I went on to work in communications, I kept that anecdote in mind and tried to make sure that the most important facts wer...
Source: Not just about cancer - February 18, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: metastatic breast cancer things i do for my health news health care my love fear cancer blog good stuff Source Type: blogs

Plastic Surgeon Dr. Don Lalonde Resigns Hospital Position Due To Lack of Patient Access
Prominent Canadian surgeon Dr. Don Lalonde has resigned an important internal hospital position at Saint John Regional Hospital in New Brunswick, Canada because of his dismay over long operating wait times.
Source: Inside Surgery - February 18, 2011 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Canada Don Lalonde Saint John Regional Hospital surgery wait times Source Type: blogs

A.M. Vitals: J&J-FDA Tussle Highlights Medical Device Approval Debate
Debating Devices: Johnson & Johnson is appealing the FDA’s rejection of a sedation device directly to the agency’s commissioner, a rare move that comes amidst a debate over whether the device-approval process is overly burdensome or not stringent enough, the WSJ reports. In 2009 56% of new-device applications were approved with no delays, vs. 74% in 2004, the paper says. Pocket Guide to Cuts: State governments in budget distress want to trim their Medicaid programs, and Bloomberg Businessweek has a quick guide to the changes planned by eight states. California, for example, wants to reduce payments to provi...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - February 18, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Katherine Hobson Tags: Cancer Cosmetic medicine FDA Legal Medical devices Medicaid Source Type: blogs

Dr. Lawrence Hansen Receives Three Years of Probation in Plastic Surgery Death
Orange County plastic surgeon Dr. Lawrence Hansen will be subject to 35 months probation in the death of a patient who underwent vaginal reconstruction, then bled and died after suffering a heart attack.
Source: Inside Surgery - February 17, 2011 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Lawrence Hansen Orange County probation vaginal reconstruction Source Type: blogs

Bioadhesives For Repair Of Childbirth Lacerations
Bioadhesives are a reasonable alternative to sutures for repair of perineal lacerations sustained during childbirth, according to a poster presentation at last week’s annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Researchers at the Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem randomized women with first degree perineal tears to either 2-octyl cyanoacrylate (Dermabond) adhesive glue or suture for wound closure. While healing and incisional pain was similar, women who received the adhesive closure were more satisfied than those who were sutured. In Portugal, bioadhesives have been studied for closur...
Source: Better Health - February 17, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: DrPeggyPolaneczky Tags: Health Tips Research Allergic Reaction Bioadhesives Biologic Adhesives Dermabond Dermatology Dr. Peggy Polaneczky Emergency Medicine Episiotomy Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center Incision Midwives Natural Childbirth Non- Source Type: blogs

Can You Tell Me…
Office phone rings. PT1992, “Can you tell me how long Dr. Bates has been at that location?” “20 years,” I reply. PT1992, “I think you did my surgery. One of my saline implants has burst.” “Let me put you on hold. I’ll look and see if you were ever our patient.” I am acutely aware that I don’t recognize the voice or patient name, but feel I am okay with HIPAA to verify to PT1992 that indeed we once had a patient by that name. I then as politely as I can tell her, “I will need a signed medical records release to give you any more information as I don’t know your voice and have no other way...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 17, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: warranty Implants breast augmentation insurance breast implants Source Type: blogs

Photography in Medicine
Fellow blogger Sterile Eye recently did a post on the historical use of mirrors in photos of wounded soldiers. At the time I was reading an article in the journal Advances in Skin & Wound Care (full reference below) on wound photography. Photography, not only in wound care, but in many areas of medicine/surgery (before and after photos, changes in hemangiomas, etc) is important. As the article points out, if more than one person is to be responsible for taking these photos it is equally important that practice standards be implemented and adhered to. The authors created a wound photography performance check...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 16, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: photography plastic surgery article review medicine Source Type: blogs

Ins and Outs
For your consideration, here are the latest hand-picked links that didn't make to our posts: Michael Milken: Health-Care Investment--The Hidden Crisis... [WSJ] NYTimes: "WebMD is synonymous with Big Pharma Shilling" ... [NYT] Surgery on fetus reduces complications of spina bifida ... [NIH] Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida: Vindicating Some 'Simple-Minded Thinking' ... [WSJ] Breast Pumps Now Deductible, IRS Says ... [WSJ] FDA launches Medical Device Innovation Initiative ... [FDA] FDA Advises Women with Breast Implants ... [FDA] Defending doctors' web-based clinical tools from hackers ... [MassDevice] Boston Scientific Begin...
Source: Medgadget - February 14, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Michael Source Type: blogs

What my oncologist said...and MRI Arthogram
I had my first three month follow-up with my oncologist, Wednesday the 9th. My blood looks good, no tumer cells showing up. I explained my shoulder injury to him, and he looked incredulous. "You have a labrum tear?" "Yes, that's what they think," I said. "The Arthrogram is tomorrow." He next comment surprised me. He stated that they probably positioned me wrong on the operating table during my reconstructive surgery. I always suspected that was the case, but I didn't think doctors ratted on each other. He even asked me who the doctor was. Anyway, for what he is trea...
Source: Breast Cancer? But Doctor....I hate pink! - February 12, 2011 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

“Tickle” Liposuction?
Liposuction (aka “lipo”) is plastic surgery’s “gimmick procedure” having had more angles applied to it than a child’s toy. But there’s money to be made in fat reduction, so the gimmicks will just keep coming. Enter “tickle” lipo, a new technology superimposed on the liposuction game. In this newer version of the basic liposuction technique, the cannula — the instrument used to remove the fat — vibrates like a whip inside your fatty layers. This supposedly helps remove the fat more evenly and with less pain. Tickle lipo looks like a hybrid between two other forms of lipo alr...
Source: Better Health - February 11, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: DrJohnDiSaia Tags: Health Tips Opinion CAL Cannula Custom Acoustic Liposuction Dr. John Di Saia Experimental Treatment Fat Removal Lipoplasty Medical Gimmicks NIL Nutational Infrasonic Liposculpture PALS Plastic Surgery Power-Assisted Liposuction Source Type: blogs

Breastfeeding Tax Deductible Supplies: Pumping For Dollars To Raid Your HSA And FSA.
A couple years ago, I wrote a brief post about an Oregon Senator that proposed tax credits for breastfeeding women. I called it pumping for dollars. Now, the New York Times is reporting on a titillating turn of events with the US tax code:Ending a long-running dispute with pediatricians and breast-feeding advocates, the Internal Revenue Service announced Thursday that it would grant nursing mothers a tax break on pumps and other breastfeeding supplies. Here is the actual decision letter from the Department of the Treasury regarding tax deductions for breast pumps and other lactation assistance supplies...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - February 10, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: The Happy Hospitalist Source Type: blogs

Breastfeeding Supplies Now Tax Deductible: Pumping For Dollars To Raid Your HSA And FSA.
A couple years ago, I wrote a brief post about an Oregon Senator that proposed tax credits for breastfeeding women. I called it pumping for dollars. Now, the New York Times is reporting on a titillating turn of events with the US tax code:Ending a long-running dispute with pediatricians and breast-feeding advocates, the Internal Revenue Service announced Thursday that it would grant nursing mothers a tax break on pumps and other breastfeeding supplies. Here is the actual decision letter from the Department of the Treasury regarding tax deductions for breast pumps and other lactation assistance supplies...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - February 10, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: The Happy Hospitalist Source Type: blogs

Friday Nurse Day: Death Trap
Three Nurses is a comic that lasted for six issues in the mid-60s — the strange numbering is because Three Nurses took over from Confidential Diary, and then itself became Career Girl Romances with issue #24. Each issue of Three Nurses had stories, as the title suggests, of three different nurses: student nurse Lee Barry, registered nurses Anne Allen, and visiting nurse Nancy White. This week I’m going to look at the first story in Three Nurses #19, a tale starring Lee Barry. Friday Nurse Day #5: Three Nurses #19 “Death Trap” Lee is a student nurse at the hospital and currently assigned to the to...
Source: Polite Dissent - February 10, 2011 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Scott Source Type: blogs

UK Patient Penny Johnson Sues Surgeon Le Roux Fourie for 55 Million Pounds
Businesswoman Penny Johnson is claiming a botched facial plastic surgery performed by Le Roux Fourie has cost her her career and the companionship of her husband. She is claiming that the surgeon was “playing God” and is suing him for 55 million pounds.
Source: Inside Surgery - February 9, 2011 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Le Roux Fourie Penny Johnson playing God Source Type: blogs

Meet Suzanne Somers’ New Face
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Source: Awful Plastic Surgery - February 9, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Authors: The Staff Tags: Suzanne Somers Mike Strobel stem cell face lift Toronto Sun Source Type: blogs

Meet Suzanne Somers New Face
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Source: Awful Plastic Surgery - February 9, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Authors: The Staff Tags: Suzanne Somers Mike Strobel stem cell face lift Toronto Sun Source Type: blogs

Considering a Non-Clinical Career? Here's a Book for You
Author: Heather Fork, MD, CPCC One of my first recommendations to clients wanting non-clinical work is to read Mike McLaughlin’s book, Do You Feel Like You Wasted All That Training? Questions from Doctor’s Considering a Career Change. No one has felt that buying this book has been a waste of his or her time. On the contrary, the responses have all been highly positive! The book is based on Dr. Michael McLaughlin’s personal career transition from plastic surgeon to owner of a highly successful medical communications company. I read this book as soon as it came in the mail and found it to be an excellent starting p...
Source: Non-Clinical Physician Jobs, Careers, and Opportunities - February 9, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Dr. Joseph Kim Source Type: blogs

Advertising
I am old school and find it difficult to advertise. I don’t begrudge others who do so ethically and in good taste. There is a local cosmetic surgeon who is running a special via TV ads and on his website (the photo is a screensaver shot of the website cropped to remove his name) that for me is unethical. For me the ad “entices” potential patients into surgery without giving them information about potential risk. Hopefully that information is given in detail when the patient is seen in the office consultation. …… This was not an issue when I was in medical school (graduated in 1982). I trained...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 7, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: cosmetic surgery ethics plastic surgery medicine Source Type: blogs

Laugh of the day: Your typical plastic surgery ER consult during residency
One of the most grueling things during surgical training is emergency room call, where you have to make yourself available for services 24/7. In plastic surgery there are 2 things that torture you 1) hand injuries - which inevitably happen late at night and can require urgent multi-hour surgery2) calls to the children's hospital for lacerations. Dealing with pediatric patients can be very tricky as they are difficult to anesthetize to repair even simple lacerations. What in an adult can take several minutes, can take an hour+ by the time everything is set up. Part of the frustration involves the sometimes "under informed" ...
Source: Plastic Surgery 101 - February 6, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Authors: Dr. Rob Oliver Jr. Source Type: blogs

Labial Puff: A New Treatment for Non-Surgical Vaginal Rejuvenation
Dr. Christine Hamori, a board certified plastic surgeon, was featured on "The Doctors" TV show recently describing a new non-surgical technique called the Labial Puff. In the video below she describes the labial puff as a vaginal rejuvenation technique that uses an injectable filler called Sculptra Aesthetic as a volumizer. The labial puff helps balance out and "puff up" the labia majora, that
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - February 6, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Authors: A Campbell Source Type: blogs

Botox, the Temporary Quick Fix for Wrinkles
Botox is one of the newer forms of cosmetic surgery, which is practiced in today's society.Contributor: Sarah LabdarPublished: Feb 06, 2011
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - February 6, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

Dr. Hector Cabral Arrested For Unauthorized Practice of Medicine
Hector Cabral has been arrested by authorities in New York for convincing women in New York City to travel to Santo Domingo for plastic surgery, in many cases leaving his patients badly scarred.
Source: Inside Surgery - February 5, 2011 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Hector Cabral plastic surgery Santo Domingo Source Type: blogs

How to get into Chuck E. Cheese when you are middle aged
For those of you not familiar with Groupon, it is an internet-based discount coupon service, targeted for individual cities throughout the country. An offer is sent out, and if enough people sign up for it, the discount is awarded. Groupon is known for its humorous descriptions of the service or commodity being offered.Today's Boston offer has the most clever description I have seen. Will 20 people snow-struck people who have spent weeks trapped in their homes looking in the mirror sign up? Health care experts advise me that this most assuredly is not covered under the Blue Cross Blue Shield global payment plan! Here goes:...
Source: Running a hospital - February 4, 2011 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs

Cancer Carnival #42
Welcome to the 42nd edition of the Cancer Research Blog Carnival. The Carnival relies on posts and hosts, so be sure to submit your posts for next month, and if you're tired of seeing it here on the Bayblab, drop us a line to sign up as a host.First off, is a pair of posts from the 23andMe blog, The Spittoon. The first reports on genetic variations associated with different prostate-specific antigen levels in men.To further complicate matters, the major screening test for prostate cancer, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, is imperfect. This test detects the levels of PSA, a protein produced by prostate cells, in th...
Source: Bayblab - February 3, 2011 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Kamel Source Type: blogs

Nutrition and Wound Healing
Nutrition, or rather the new USDA Dietary Guidelines, have been in the news this week. It seem apropos to take not of a recent article in the supplement to the January issue of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal discussing nutrition and wound healing (full reference below). The article presents an update on new developments in the field of nutrition and wound healing, not an exhaustive review of the field. As the authors point out “most operations in well-nourished patients are successful, with uncomplicated healing responses, even if nutritional intake is absent or curtailed for 7 to 10 days.” &...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 3, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: Patients nutrition surgery Patient Safety article review Source Type: blogs

Watch Dr. Hamori on The Doctors Today!
Our own Dr. Christine Hamori will be a guest on The Doctors today, February 3. She appears as part of The Private Parts episode and brings her expertise in labioplasty and vaginal rejuvenation to the panel. She describes the labial puff, a non-surgical vaginal rejuvenation, a painless procedure that is often performed following pregnancy or for perimenopausal women, as well as vaginaplasties and
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - February 2, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Authors: A Campbell Source Type: blogs

FDA Announces Possible Connection Between Breast Implants and Cancer
Though the FDA is still gathering data, recent studies have revealed a small but increased risk of a rare type of cancer for those women who have silicone or saline breast implants.Contributor: Erica LovettPublished: Feb 02, 2011
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - February 2, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

Texas Bill Mandates Breast Reconstruction Discussion Before Breast Cancer Surgery
Currently only 30% of breast cancer patients are informed of their breast reconstruction options before mastectomy or lumpectomy. New legislation is being proposed in Texas that aims to significantly improve that abysmal statistic for breast cancer patients. Texas House Bill 669 would mandate that doctors inform all breast cancer patients about their breast reconstruction options BEFORE having surgery for breast cancer. The bill was drafted based on similar legislation in the state of New York. PRMA Plastic Surgery is proud to announce that a former patient, Tammy Carrington, is the team leader behind this Bill. Sh...
Source: Breast Cancer Reconstruction Blog - February 2, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: breast cancer bill breast reconstruction breast cancer reconstruction mastectomy HB669 DIEP flap prma plastic surgery breast reconstruction bill Source Type: blogs

FDA Links Rare Cancer To Breast Implants
The FDA is concerned about the association of breast implants with the development of anaplastic large cell lymphoma and is advising women accordingly.
Source: Inside Surgery - February 1, 2011 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire anaplastic large cell lymphoma breast implants Cancer FDA Source Type: blogs

Shout Outs
HL7Standards is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds! You can read this week’s edition here. As a blog dedicated to “engaging conversations on healthcare and technology,” this week’s edition of Grand Rounds is dedicated to posts discussing the relationship between health care and technology. Technology in health care has received more than a notable amount of press over the last few years and more than a few people have something to say about it. In response to Grand Rounds, we received a number of great submissions by health care bloggers, some positive and others negative, about the impact technology has ha...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 1, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: sewing medical blog awards shout outs medicine end-of-life issues food Source Type: blogs

"What If" Bravo's New Relationship Reality TV Show Was Real Life?
Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr in "An Affair to Remember" I’m a reality TV show junkie. Bravo is my visual drug of choice. My husband and I watch Top Chef as if it were a contact sport. My friends and I have parties for every Real Housewives reunions. I’ve already set my DVR for the latest season of Million Dollar Listing. Being mildly obsessed with one of cable’s leading reality networks, it came as no surprise when I stumbled across the latest Bravo casting call for a new show tentatively titled What If. Reveille Productions, the same people who produce MasterChef, Tabatha’s Salon Takeover and The Biggest ...
Source: Genetics and Health - February 1, 2011 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Tracy Wholf Tags: FEEL aging issues dating advice marriage reality-tv relationship advice relationship issues romance Sex Advice Source Type: blogs