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Give the Gift of Plastic Surgery this Valentines Day

Posted: Published on February 3rd, 2014

Houston, TX (PRWEB) February 03, 2014 Gifts for Valentines Day have traditionally been roses and chocolates. Increasingly, notes Dr. Rolando Morales of Houston, Texas, couples are treating each other and themselves to cosmetic surgery. These life-changing procedures, including non-invasive changes, can restore self-esteem and passion to a persons life. Valentines Day is about showing our love to each other, said Dr. Morales. For many of us, feeling better about our appearance can go a long way to making us feel more romantic. That is what cosmetic surgery offers. Whether it is Botox for wrinkles or a breast lift, a tummy tuck or chest etching, helping our loved one look better can help them feel better. That will only lead to more romance. After all, nothing is sexier than feeling great. Bringing his warm personality and sensitivity to his patients at the Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery, Dr. Morales provides a gentle, spa-like feel to his procedures. This enhances the feeling that giving the gift of plastic surgery can be a wonderful and romantic gift. From his offices in Houston, he has helped hundreds of women and men get the body of their dreams, affordably and safely. Give the gift of … Continue reading →

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Cosmetic surgery sees large bounce…

Posted: Published on February 3rd, 2014

Liposuction procedures had increased by the highest amount, by 41 percent in 2013 while the number of breast operations (still the top surgical procedure in the U.K.) had increased 13 percent year on year. The uptick in breast surgery follows a high-profile scandal in the U.K. and France over faulty breast implants but BAAPs said the figure shows that "demand for the procedure doesn't appear to have significantly diminished in the longer term." Another economic factor that hasn't appeared to put a damper on the industry is the U.K.'s economic downturn since the financial crisis hit in 2007. In fact, the value of the cosmetic surgery procedures market was worth 2.3 billion in 2010 ($3.75 billion) and is estimated to grow to 3.6 billion by 2015, BAAPS reported. "The continued double-digit rise of cosmetic surgery underlines the fact that whether it is breast augmentation or anti-ageing procedures like face-lifting, the public are choosing tried-and-tested surgical methods rather than the magical-sounding quick fixes that fail to deliver promised results." (Read more: How much younger does plastic surgery make you look?) Anti-ageing procedures had also increased in popularity with face and neck lifts up 13 percent, eyelid surgery up 14 percent and … Continue reading →

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I Had My Face 'Morphed' By A Plastic Surgeon, And Was Shocked By The Results

Posted: Published on February 3rd, 2014

Megan Willett/Business Insider My personal "Before" and "After" pictures with the morphing technology. In addition to risks from anesthesia and botched procedures, patients are taking a major gamble that they will share the same aesthetic ideal with their plastic surgeon. Enter visual surgery, or "morphing" the use of technology during the consultation process so that the patient and doctor can agree ahead of time on the surgical end results. I visited the plastic surgery office of Dr. Douglas Steinbrech in New York City, whose practice has been using morphing technology for the past seven years. I went to learn about the technology he uses to consult with patients -- I did not have any cosmetic procedures myself. In short, morphing is the use of image manipulation software to give patients an idea of what they will look like once their surgery is complete. The surgery visualization has a few upsides, Dr. Steinbrech explained. First, patients can get an idea of what they will look like after the surgery, and decide if they want to go more or less extreme than they had originally planned. "Patients tend to be more conservative," said Patient Coordinator Bernadette Mahoney. "I think a lot of … Continue reading →

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therapy treatment for spinal cord injury by dr alok sharma, mumbai, india – Video

Posted: Published on February 3rd, 2014

therapy treatment for spinal cord injury by dr alok sharma, mumbai, india improvement seen in just 5 days after stem cell therapy treatment for spinal cord injury by dr alok sharma, mumbai, india. Stem Cell Therapy done date 7 Jan ... By: Neurogen Brain and Spine Institute … Continue reading →

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Chemical stem cell signature predicts treatment response for acute myeloid leukemia

Posted: Published on February 3rd, 2014

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 3-Feb-2014 Contact: Kim Newman sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu 718-430-3101 Albert Einstein College of Medicine February 3, 2014 (Bronx, NY) Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center have found a chemical "signature" in blood-forming stem cells that predicts whether patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will respond to chemotherapy. The findings are based on data from nearly 700 AML patients. If validated in clinical trials, the signature would help physicians better identify which AML patients would benefit from chemotherapy and which patients have a prognosis so grave that they may be candidates for more aggressive treatments such as bone-marrow transplantation. The paper was published today in the online edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Sparing Patients from Debilitating Side Effects According to the American Cancer Society, AML accounts for nearly one-third of all new leukemia cases each year. In 2013, more than 10,000 patients died of AML. "AML is a disease in which fewer than 30 percent of patients are cured," said co-senior author Ulrich Steidl, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of cell biology and of medicine and the Diane and Arthur B. Belfer Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research at Einstein and associate chair … Continue reading →

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Parkinsons sufferer has vital treatment

Posted: Published on February 3rd, 2014

Parkinson's Disease sufferer James DeLittle has vital treatment in Kiev 9:57am Monday 3rd February 2014 in News By Mike Laycock, Chief reporter A PARKINSONS Disease sufferer has returned home to York after pioneering stem cell treatment in Kiev and he already appears to be feeling the benefits. James DeLittle, 49, of Broadway West in Fulford, is enjoying improved balance, which reduces the risks of falling over, said his mother Rosemary. But she said the clinic that provided the two-day treatment had said it could be up to five months before the full effects were known. The Press reported earlier this month that James condition had worsened significantly in recent months, affecting his balance and causing him to fall several times, suffering injuries including a broken nose, ribs and thumb joint. He decided to travel to a clinic in the Ukrainian capital Kiev for foetal stem cells to be injected into him in a bid to tackle the illness. The clinic told him it had treated more than 100 patients with Parkinsons in recent years, with improvements reported in 75 per cent of cases, including reduction of tremor and rigidity, and cognitive and gait improvements. The former St Peters School pupil … Continue reading →

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Split Decision: Stem Cell Signal Linked with Cancer Growth

Posted: Published on February 3rd, 2014

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a protein critical to hematopoietic stem cell function and blood formation. The finding has potential as a new target for treating leukemia because cancer stem cells rely upon the same protein to regulate and sustain their growth. Hematopoietic stem cells give rise to all other blood cells. Writing in the February 2, 2014 advance online issue of Nature Genetics, principal investigator Tannishtha Reya, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmacology, and colleagues found that a protein called Lis1 fundamentally regulates asymmetric division of hematopoietic stem cells, assuring that the stem cells correctly differentiate to provide an adequate, sustained supply of new blood cells. Asymmetric division occurs when a stem cell divides into two daughter cells of unequal inheritance: One daughter differentiates into a permanently specialized cell type while the other remains undifferentiated and capable of further divisions. This process is very important for the proper generation of all the cells needed for the development and function of many normal tissues, said Reya. When cells divide, Lis1 controls orientation of the mitotic spindle, an apparatus of subcellular fibers that segregates … Continue reading →

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Protocol developed to harvest mouse cell lines for melanoma research

Posted: Published on February 3rd, 2014

Dartmouth researchers have developed a protocol that permits cells harvested from melanoma tumors in mice to grow readily in cell culture. Their findings were published in an article, Multiple murine BRafV600E melanoma cell lines with sensitivity to PLX4032, in the January 25, 2014 issue of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. "We anticipate that these cell lines will be extremely useful to many investigators who use mouse melanoma as a model system," said Constance E. Brinckerhoff, PhD, professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College and a member of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) Mechanism Research Program. There is a lack of mouse cell lines that harbor the BRAF mutation that is so prevalent in human melanomas, and the cell lines that are available grow slowly in culture and are not representative of human melanoma cell lines. Detailed experiments on molecular mechanisms controlling mouse cell line behavior have been difficult because the currently available mouse cell lines do not grow well in culture. The Geisel researchers are the first to have developed a protocol that permits mouse melanoma cells to be harvested from tumors in the mice and to grow readily in cell … Continue reading →

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New stem cell production technique comes as a shock

Posted: Published on February 3rd, 2014

An international research effort has found that mature animal cells can be shocked into an embryonic state simply by soaking them in acid or putting them under physical stress. The fortuitous breakthrough could prove to be massive for many fields of medical research if the method can be replicated using human cells, something researchers are confident will be possible. The collaboration between Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) and the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in Japan found that by bathing mature cells harvested from mice in a weak acid, they reverted to a stem cell-like pluripotent state. Pluripotency, as the name suggests, is when a cell has the potential to become one of the many different cells found in an animal; "pluri" refers to many, as in plural, and "potent" the potential to become that many. Pluripotent cells are an important resource for many forms of medical research. Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are one type of pluripotent cell, yet the harvesting of ESCs has its opposition, as it involves the destruction of human embryos. Successful attempts at creating stem cells culminated in the 2012 Nobel Prize-winning research in which Shinya Yamanaka produced Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) from mature … Continue reading →

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Once-daily Epilepsy Treatment Zebinix (Eslicarbazepine Acetate) Now Available with Full Reimbursement in Finland

Posted: Published on February 3rd, 2014

Hatfield, England (ots/PRNewswire) Eisai announces today that Zebinix(R) (eslicarbazepine acetate), a novel anti-epilepsy treatment, has received full reimbursement from the Finnish Health Authorities. Once-daily eslicarbazepine acetate, is indicated as adjunctive therapy in adults with partial onset seizures, with or without secondary generalisation.[1] Up to a third of people with epilepsy do not achieve adequate seizure control after their first anti-epileptic treatment so there is a continued need for additional effective options. Eslicarbazepine acetate will provide doctors with a new, easy to titrate, adjunctive therapy to help those with inadequately controlled partial onset epilepsy improve their condition, commented Dr. Jukka Peltola, Tampere University Hospital. Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions in the world and affects approximately 56,000 people in Finland.[2],[3] Despite many anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) available, the successful treatment of partial onset seizures remains a significant challenge in some patients. Currently, between 20-40% of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy will become refractory to treatment.[4] Eslicarbazepine acetate, a third generation sodium channel blocker that differentially and selectively targets slow inactivated sodium channels, was approved by the European Commission in 2009 based on data submitted which showed that it reduces seizure frequency by up to 45% in patients with partial … Continue reading →

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