News tagged with cosmetic outcomes

Concerns over minimally invasive surgery for breast cancer

Minimally invasive breast surgery may be trading better cosmetic outcomes for worse rates of cure, warns a senior doctor in an editorial published on bmj.com today.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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The environment and pharmaceuticals and personal care products: What are the big questions?

Researchers at the University of York headed a major international review aimed at enhancing efforts to better understand the impacts of chemicals used in pharmaceuticals or in personal care products, such as cosmetics, soaps, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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Environmentally friendly cleaning and washing

More and more everyday products are based on renewable resources, with household cleaners now containing active cleaning substances made from plant oils and sugar. These fat and dirt removers are especially ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Migraine surgery offers good long-term outcomes

Surgery to "deactivate" migraine headaches produces lasting good results, with nearly 90 percent of patients having at least partial relief at five years' follow-up, reports a study in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taking unpleasant surprises out of cosmetic surgery with 3D 'before-and-after' tool

For some plastic surgery patients, expectations are unrealistically high. Basing their hopes on the before-and-after albums offered in surgeons' offices, they expect to achieve a perfect body or to look just ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Allergy treatment may cause new allergy

Allergic contact dermatitis from aluminium has previously been considered very unusual. However, there are now reports of pruritic nodules and aluminium allergy arising after vaccinations or treatments for allergies. Researcher ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two decades of Nuss procedure outcomes: Refinements in groundbreaking surgery for chest deformity

Since 1987, when a surgeon at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters developed a minimally-invasive surgery to correct sunken chest, the procedure has been adopted world-wide as a standard of care and continually refined ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Improvement needed for mastectomy outcome reporting

Improved standards for outcome reporting in breast reconstruction are needed, according to a review published online December 3rd in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insights about Botulinum toxin A

A new study by researchers at the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, is raising questions about the therapeutic use of botulinum toxin A.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Breast cancer survivors often rate post-treatment breast appearance only 'fair'

A third of breast cancer survivors who received the breast-conserving treatments lumpectomy and radiation rate the appearance of their post-treatment breast as only "fair" or "poor" in comparison to their untreated breast, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Does cosmetic surgery help body dysmorphic disorder?

A new study finds that while many who suffer from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) seek cosmetic procedures, only two percent of procedures actually reduced the severity of BDD. Despite this poor long-term outcome, physicians ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 11, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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