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Plastic surgeon says job is more than tummy tucks and facelifts
Staff WriterDr. Christopher Marek quietly defies the stereotypes of plastic surgeons. He doesn’t assume his vision of beauty is best or feel comfortable when patients ask him “What do I need to have done?” He’s taken his medical and...Tags: Breast, Tummy Tuck, University of Virginia, Social Issues, Health
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Newsmaker Q&A: Pat Halpin-Murphy
Pat Halpin-Murphy is president and founder of the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition. The coalition, founded in 1993, is a statewide nonprofit providing public awareness of breast cancer and encouraging increased public and private funding for research,...Tags: Research, Angelina Jolie, Ovarian Cancer, University of Pennsylvania, Breast Cancer
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Angelina Jolie's breast surgery sparks cancer discussion
Angelina Jolie's news that she elected to have both breasts removed to reduce her chances of developing breast cancer has put a celebrity spotlight on a decision more women are facing. Advances in genetic testing and a better understanding of the BRCA...
Tags: The New York Times, Angelina Jolie, Medical Procedures and Tests, Breast Cancer, Celebrity Surgery
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Plantation doctor aims to help abused women in India
Little girls as young as 4 attacked, brutalized, even killed. A female college student gangraped on a moving bus. Women of all ages ravaged and disfigured by relatives and strangers alike. In India, women have increasingly become targets of unbridled...
Tags: General Practitioners, Surgery, Health and Medical Professionals, Cosmetic Procedures, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Lash growth enhancers are gaining popularity
Tribune Specialty ProductsIf your super-plumping mascara doesn’t seem to be doing the trick to achieve fuller, longer eyelashes, there may be a larger issue at stake. Eyelashes decrease in length by almost 50 percent from our 20s to our 40s, according to Dr. Gabriel Chiu,...Tags: Allergies, Health and Medical Professionals, Skin Rash, Medical Specialization, Dermatology
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Sagging skin has women up in arms
In South Florida — land of sun, surf and bare shoulders — women are going under the knife to clip their "bat wings." Those sagging flaps of skin have made upper-arm lifts, or brachioplasty, more popular at a time when consumer confidence in...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Health and Medical Professionals, Cosmetic Procedures, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Consumer Confidence
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Women opting for surgery to get Michelle Obama's arms
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released its latest cosmetic and resconstructive surgery statistics on Monday. Many of the trends were familiar. In all, the group reported, Americans underwent 1.6 million cosmetic surgeries, including face-...
Tags: Botox (drug), Cosmetic Procedures, Facelift, Celebrity Surgery, Jennifer Aniston
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After death, Maryland to limit where cosmetic surgeries are performed
Maryland is moving to toughen regulations on the fast-growing medspa industry — a move designed to narrow a "loophole" and prevent deaths such as one last year following a liposuction treatment at a Timonium facility. Regulations being discussed...
Tags: Botox (drug), Cosmetic Procedures, Medical Procedures and Tests, Glen Burnie, Government Health Care
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Plastic surgery group cites Michele Obama in procedure's growth
The U.S. plastic surgery industry, which performed $11 billion worth of cosmetic procedures last year, issued a report Monday that highlights a growing trend: operations to get arms like first lady Michelle Obama's. The American Society of Plastic...Tags: Botox (drug), Cosmetic Procedures, Facelift, Jennifer Aniston, Breast Augmentation
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Health officials consider increasing plastic surgery center oversight
Maryland health officials may ask state lawmakers for permission to oversee plastic surgery centers, a move inspired in part by the death of a Lochearn woman after liposuction.
The state health department had already been considering whether to ask...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Medical Procedures and Tests, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Chemical Industry
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Dodgers' Chad Billingsley sidelined by pain in throwing elbow
BALTIMORE — When Chad Billingsley was put on the 15-day disabled list Sunday because of pain in his throwing elbow, Manager Don Mattingly wondered if the former All-Star's season would end on an operating table. "It's hard not to think about it,"...Tags: Angel Guzman, Baltimore Orioles, Chris Davis, Stephen Fife, Butterfly Ballots
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Bill to increase oversight of cosmetic surgery centers making late push in Assembly
A bill to give health regulators more oversight of facilities like the now-closed Monarch Medspa in Timonium is making a late surge in the General Assembly after weeks of discussions among state and industry officials. The House of Delegates...
Tags: Cosmetic Procedures, Medical Procedures and Tests, Justice System, Dermatologists, Crime, Law and Justice
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