October 25th, 2011 by GruntDoc in News
Tags: Afghanistan, Animal, Army, Death, Disease, Epidemiology, Infection, Iraq, Kevin Shumaker, Military, Public Health, Rabid, Rabies, Shots, Soldier, Treatment, Wild
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Wow, that is awful beyond belief.
Army seeking troops bitten by stray animals following rabies death – Army – Stripes.
SEOUL – The Army is redoubling its search for anyone who might have been bitten by a wild animal in Iraq or Afghanistan following the Aug. 31 death of a soldier from rabies, the service’s public health command stated Wednesday.
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“The death of this soldier is very tragic, and we are taking actions to Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at GruntDoc*
October 24th, 2011 by John Di Saia, M.D. in News
Tags: BAAPS, Boob Job, Breast Implants, British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, Business, Cosmetic Surgery, Cost, England, Guidelines, Money, Plastic Surgery, Profit, Tax, UK, United Kingdom, VAT Tax
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The British HM Revenue and Customs is planning to impose a tax on cosmetic surgeries by slapping VAT on any artificial enhancements and procedures. According to the new guidelines by the department responsible for collecting UK’s taxes, doctors performing more invasive procedures will have to register for VAT and pass the charge on to their patients. The guidelines suggest that patients having such cosmetic procedures will have to pay the tax unless they can persuade the doctor that the operation is being carried out for “therapeutic” reasons. Although the move is being considered to help plug the deficit in Britain’s public finances, but Fazel Fatah, president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), said that this could harm many patients.
Source: dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_boob-tax-to-increase-cost-of-cosmetic-surgery-by-20-per-cent_1599777
The government in the UK seeks to hasten the movement of cosmetic surgery business out of the country it seems. That will likely be the effect of the planned extension of the VAT tax to cosmetic surgery. It is already less expensive for British citizens to leave the country for their cosmetic surgery. The care in most cases is not equivalent. The reason to consider it just got 20% more persuasive however. That is a huge tax!
Here in the US, Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Truth in Cosmetic Surgery*
October 22nd, 2011 by Medgadget in News
Tags: Anesthesiology, Christie Medical Holdings, Emergency Medicine, Medicine, Pediatrics, Technology, Vein Viewer, Vein Viewer Flex
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Christie Medical Holdings’ has announced the VeinViewer Flex, the first portable offering in the company’s VeinViewer line. The new device’s reduced size and battery operation make it possible to use VeinViewer technology in home care settings and blood centers for the first time.
The VeinViewer technology projects an image of a patient’s blood vessels directly onto the skin in real time by detecting their location using near-infrared light, and is used to aid in needle placement.
From the press release: Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
October 22nd, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway, M.D. in Health Tips, News
Tags: 39 weeks, Active Lifestyle, Amber Miller, Babies, Chicago, Chicago Marathon, Doctors, Dr. Linda Burke-Galloway, Exercise, Family, Labor And Delivery, Marathons, Mothers, Parents, Pregnancy, Pregnant Women, Women
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The fact that Amber Miller did not fall or faint or develop complications while running in the Chicago Marathon is nothing short of a miracle. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. What on earth was her physician thinking when she was given the green light to half-run half-walk a 26.2 mile marathon? Miller was not your usual runner; she was approximately 39 weeks pregnant.
Although pregnant women are encouraged to maintain an active, healthy lifestyle that includes aerobic exercise, moderation is the order of the day. A woman’s body changes when she becomes pregnant. She has more fluid circulating in her body; hormones from the pregnancy make her ligaments more relaxed, thus she waddles. As the baby enlarges, the diaphragm (aka muscle of respiration) gets pushed up making it difficult for pregnant women to breathe. The heart rate increases and the center of gravity changes as the uterus becomes larger thus, increasing her risk of falling.
Miller participated in Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Linda Burke-Galloway*
October 20th, 2011 by GarySchwitzer in News, Opinion
Tags: Advertising, Botox-Restylane, Condition, Cosmetic Surgery, Disease Mongering, Exercise, Hollow cheecks, Hollow Cheeks, Injectable filler, MSNBC, News, News Release, Plastic Surgery, Promotion, Runner's face, Running, Treatment
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MSNBC commits an egregious example of disease-mongering in a piece they headlined:
“Plastic surgeon wants to fix your ‘runner’s face’. “
What is so egregious? Let us count the ways:
• They pass along a plastic surgeon’s news release about his treatment for a condition he calls “runner’s face”.
• So it is a promotion for his treatment for a condition he has named. This is what is called “advertising” – not “journalism.”
• They provide no data.
• They describe Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog*
