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David RosePatients who need sight-saving eye surgery could get their vision back more quickly and avoid infection with a revolutionary laser-surgery technique, surgeons say.Corneal graft surgery, one of the earliest forms of transplant operation, has been performed for more than 100 years without any fundamental changes to the methods used. But although the operation itself is fairly straightforward, recovery often takes a long time.By using the latest technology designed for laser eye surgery, surgeons can now achieve a better fit fo .... More »

ANTHEM, Ariz. -- An Arizona medical clinic is under investigation after three people died following liposuction surgery.Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio said his office is investigating Dr. Peter Normann and the Normann Medical Group of Anthem, Ariz., the Arizona Republic said Friday."It looks suspicious that three people died in seven months," Arpaio told the newspaper.Normann was banned from performing liposuction procedures after two patients died, one in December and one in April, the newspaper said.A state medical board .... More »

WASHINGTON - US health authorities Thursday approved eye surgery to help people using bifocals eliminate the need for glasses by performing different operations on each eye.The Food and Drug Administration said the technique would correct nearsightedness in the patient's dominant eye and part of the nearsightedness in the non-dominant eye."This allows the patient to use the fully corrected eye for distance vision and the under-corrected eye for seeing close up," the FDA said in a statement."After a period of time, the brain adjusts to .... More »

By Lori Jane GlihaThe Board of Homeopathic Examiners is investigating the conduct of a Homeopathic physician who conducted a liposuction procedure in which the patient died several hours later.According to the Arizona Medical Board, Dr. Gary Page conducted the liposuction surgery on July 3 after being contracted by Dr. Peter Normann to do the procedure.The patient stopped breathing while she was in Dr. Normann's care and later died at the hospital.The Board of Homeopathic Examiners will meet July 17 to discuss the matter. They may dis .... More »

By MICHELLE CROUCHHair. We love it on our heads, but most of us hate it everywhere else.Women and men today have plenty of options for getting fuzz-free. Some are painful. Some are expensive. And almost none of them is permanent. Lasers, the newest technique, do not permanently remove all hair in a treated area, the Food and Drug Administration says. But with repeated treatments, lasers can permanently reduce the number of body hairs in an area.Electrolysis, using an electric current to burn hair follicles one at a time, is still the .... More »

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Sciton announced today that the new ProLipo(TM) laser module received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for laser-assisted lipolysis, and its BBL(TM) broadband pulsed light received clearance for the treatment of wrinkles.ProLipo represents the latest technological advancement from Sciton to employ fiber-delivered laser energy to target fatty tissue. Using the ProLipo module, physicians will be able to offer patients a minimally invasive treatment that ablates and liquefies fat deposits in treat .... More »

Don't like those lines around your mouth or the so-called "marionette lines" on your aging face?NewsCenter 5's Heather Unruh reported Wednesday that there is a new product called Perlane that has just won Food and Drug Administration approval. Perlane has been used in Europe for a long time. Now, it is the latest filler in the arsenal of local cosmetic dermatologists.Jean Goldberg, 76, of Newton, hopes to fool Father Time. She is having four vials of the filler injected into some of the prominent lines on the lower part of her face. D .... More »

by Elaine McMillionOf 45 million tattooed Americans, 17 percent would like to get rid of them, according to a Harris Interactive survey.There is hope for those who no longer want a permanent ink reminder of a failed relationship or juvenile stupidity.Board-certified plastic surgeon Abdalla Z. Bandak relies on sophisticated Q-switched laser technology to remove ink without scarring at his Kanawha City office.Bandak graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk and then taught and practiced at the Medical College of Virginia .... More »

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) announced that withholding oral intake of food in patients after abdominoplasty ("tummy tuck") may not be necessary, and that feeding patients earlier could allow for quicker discharge after surgery. Findings from a study investigating the impact of early feeding after abdominoplasty on the occurrence of postoperative nausea and vomiting is published in the May/June 2007 issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal , the Society's official peer-reviewed journal.These findings are im .... More »

Mumbai doctor Ashok Gupta took up an operation. The patient was Susan Nooda. The operation was to enhance the size of her breast with silicon brought from US.The operation to enhance the breast size by 3" cost 2.5 lakhs and Susan promised to pay the amount on reaching home but even after 5 years, she still has not. Any more delay and the doctor made up his mind to file a case against actress Bipasha Basu.Why Bipasha Basu? That's because Susan Nooda happens to be none other than Bipasha Basu, model and girl friend of actor John Abraham .... More »

Laser eye surgery, upgrades for the accident and emergency and maternity wards at the Scarborough Regional Hospital and start up of construction of health facilities at Moriah and Golden Lane are some of the new projects to be undertaken by the Division of Health and Social Services in the 2008 fiscal year.Health and Social Services Secretary Oswald Williams disclosed these plans during debate on the 2008 Budget last week Thursday night.The absence of a CT Scanning Unit at the hospital, which was criticised by the Gladys Gaffoor Commi .... More »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An old ulcer operation is getting new attention as a possible alternative obesity surgery: a quick snip of a nerve that helps control hunger.It's far from clear if cutting the vagus nerve really helps -- initial pilot studies in a few dozen patients have just begun. Skeptics abound, and even proponents say it wouldn't lead to nearly as much weight loss as more traumatic operations that shrink the stomach and reroute intestines.It's part of a hunt for middle-ground options for people scared of today's surgery, or tho .... More »

Ontario, like most provinces is trying to handle a growing list of patients being referred for weight loss surgery. It has been handling the influx by sending hundreds of patients to the U.S. for the operation. But as CTV News has learned, the bill for these operations is growing.Melanie Hodgert recently had weight-loss surgery. Three years ago, she weighed over 360 pounds and needed a scooter to get around. She's now 172 pounds lighter after undergoing bariatric surgery to reduce the size of her stomach."Surgery definitely gave me my .... More »