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Newport beach, Calif. - Rhinoplasty for Asian patients brings with it a variety of challenges, not the least of which is the lack of agreement among surgeons on how to achieve the best results, along with a paucity of good reports in the literature. Nazih Haddad, M.D., who has extensive experience in treating Asian noses, explained his techniques for achieving consistent outcomes and happy patients. A clear recognition of the challenges with the Asian nose is necessary, he advised, to develop ...
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Punch grafts, scalp reductions, scalp extensions' In the past, as the names of these earlier procedures indicate, undergoing a hair transplant was a painfully unpleasant process. Men with receding hairlines and balding scalps often resorted to the unnatural-looking, and often ridiculed, toupee to avoid the pain, slow healing, and scarring of a transplant. Because of this, the hair transplant business was staggering in the late twentieth century. Surgeons knew that hair restoration techniques ...
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Implementing an open heart surgery (OHS) program presented the opportunity for several community based hospitals to challenge the way they had been providing patient care and establish an innovative approach to post surgery patient care. The One Stop Post Op' cardiovascular recovery unit was designed to receive the OHS patient directly from the operating room and to be the 'care unit' for the patient's entire stay. Patient flow, quality monitoring and caregiver acceptance in this unit requires ...
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What is R.I.C.E. and why do you need it? One of the most recommended icing techniques for reducing inflammation and treating minor injuries is R.I.C.E., an acronym for rest, ice, compression and elevation. It is best used for pulled muscles, sprained ligaments, soft tissue injury, and joint aches. Applying R.I.C.E. treatments will decrease pain, inflammation, muscle spasms, swelling and tissue damage. It achieves this by reducing blood flow from local vessels near the injury and decreasing ...
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Everyone wants to have beautiful and sexy legs. As people age they start developing varicose veins and spider veins. Although leg veins are often a cosmetic concern, they also can be a sign of hidden venous disease that if not treated, can progress to more serious problems. When it comes to varicose treatment, choose a vein center where they have state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment and the ability to detect and treat an underlying venous disease ...
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When Anderson wrote 'The Ugly Duckling', he was imagining a natural transformation from awkward youth to mature beauty. His vision did not include a meat cleaver. The new network show, 'The Swan' is a travesty on so many levels that it is difficult to know where to begin. There is nothing wrong with using cosmetic surgery to correct a definitive flaw but to turn yourself over to megalomaniacs with scalpels is cause for more therapy than these women are receiving. It is unconscionable that ...
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Are Antibiotics Killing You? by John Bremner Thank god for doctors and for antibiotics. They save millions of lives every year, but there is a dark side to the use of antibiotics that is not quite so well known. For example, did you know that there is a commonly used antibiotic that can kill, like ecstasy, on the very first dose you take? The trouble with antibiotics is that they are just so good at what they do, that we start begging for antibiotics as soon as we get ill, and doctors who are ...
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Americans are embracing the modem and abandoning the motor vehicle in search of cheaper drug prices and Canadian pharmacies are the destination. The neighbor to the north has become the savior of the health-plan meek, and the cash mild, by filling their prescriptions for savings of up to 80%. Yet, while the willing Canadians share their good fortune of lower-priced drugs, unfriendly forces plot their demise. Doctors associations, pharma giants, and government agencies are doing their best to ...
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