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Practice of billing Medicare to fix droopy lids raises eyebrows
The Center for Public IntegrityWASHINGTON Aging Americans worried about their droopy upper eyelids often rely on the plastic surgeon's scalpel to turn back the hands of time. Increasingly, Medicare is footing the bill. The public health insurance program for people over 65 typically...Tags: Tom Coburn, Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Plastic Surgeons, Medicare
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Audrey Niffenegger on 'Raven Girl'
Audrey Niffenegger has always been a renaissance woman. Best known as the author of the best-selling novels "The Time Traveler's Wife" (2003) and "Her Fearful Symmetry" (2009), Niffenegger, a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, is also...
Tags: Artists, Incest, Newspaper and Magazine, Dance, Surgery
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Cannes Film Review: 'Behind the Candelabra'
VarietyDuring his lifetime, Liberace sued (and won) when publications hinted at his homosexuality. In "Behind the Candelabra," former lover Scott Thorson gets the final word, serving as the basis of a film that gleefully thrusts itself into those aspects of...Tags: Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon, Celebrities, Surgery, Richard LaGravenese
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Best of Fairfield County 2013: Best Cosmetic Surgeon
1) Dr. Alfred Sofer (Plastic Surgery Center of Fairfield) 33 Miller St. Fairfield (203) 336-9862 drsofer.com Voters Said: Dr. Alfred Sofer is the best! 2) Greenwich Medical Skincare & Laser Spa 1345 E. Putnam Ave. Old Greenwich...
Tags: Greenwich, Health and Medical Professionals, Plastic Surgeons, Cosmetic Procedures
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El Paso cancer patient is glad Angelina Jolie raised awareness of double mastectomy
El Paso Times, TexasEl Pasoan Alice Chavez knows what it's like to be Angelina Jolie. At least when it comes to her health. Like, Jolie, Chavez has undergone a double mastectomy. She had cancer in her left breast, and a risk of cancer in the still-healthy one. "In...Tags: Breast Cancer, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy, Celebrities, Angelina Jolie
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Best of New Haven 2013: Best Cosmetic Surgeon or Cosmetic Surgery Center
1) Dr. Deborah Pan, Esana Plastic Surgery Center & Med Spa 1 Audubon St., Suite 201 New Haven (203) 562-7662 esanamedspa.com Voters Said: I feel she is the best plastic surgeon I have ever met and would continue to see her. Dr. Pan is...
Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Health and Medical Professionals, Plastic Surgeons, Cosmetic Procedures
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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, Dermatology, Medical Specialization, Skin Rash, Health and Medical Professionals
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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: Rhinoplasty, Breast Augmentation, Liposuction, Demi Moore, Surgery
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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: Rhinoplasty, Breast Augmentation, Liposuction, Demi Moore, The Biggest Loser (tv program)
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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: Liposuction, Laser Hair Removal, Procedural Sedation, Plastic Surgery Centers, Surgery
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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: Justice System, Procedural Sedation, Crime, Law and Justice, Abortion, Plastic Surgeons
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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: Justice System, Howard County, Liposuction, Montgomery County (Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice
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