Madzone Marketing LLC Taps TransMedia Group to Provide Publicity Lift to Knife and Forklift(TM)
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Most women, and large numbers of men, are interested in having cosmetic surgery, UCLA scientists report in the October issue of the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Forty-eight percent of women surveyed said they would be interested in cosmetic surgery, liposuction or both, an...Cosmetic Surgery Pioneer Goes Under the Knife
January to May 2009 sees a 70% increase in male surgery compared to the same statistics from the previous year. (PRWEB) June 14, 2009 -- John Ryan, the chairman of MYA Cosmetic Surgery Ltd. and former owner of Transform Medical Group, is going under the knife this mon...Topical cream studied as way to treat skin cancer without the knife
ST. LOUIS In a case study of a type of melanoma skin cancer typically found on chronically sun-exposed skin, Saint Louis University researchers found that imiquimod, a topical cream, produced good results for patients when used together with surgery to treat the cancer, potentially helping doctor...Men Under Knife to Reduce Bulging Waistline in Britian
There has been a recent increase in the number of men who are going under the knife to reduce bulging waistline in Britian . The number of men undergoing nip and tuck surgery has rocketed by 140 per cent in five years with liposuction being the most common. The phenomenon has been dubbed the 'm...Gamma Knife Offers Noninvasive Treatment for Vascular Disorders, Brain Tumors
A week after graduating from high school, Katherine Coit had brain surgery to remove an abnormal tangle of blood vessels that were bleeding in her brain.// The potentially life-threatening condition called arterio-venous malformation (AVM) was diagnosed after Ms. Coit woke up one morning with...Gamma Knife Offers New Hope For Trigeminal Neuralgia Patients
There is now new hope on the horizon for trigeminal neuralgia patients as researchers have found that Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery (GKRS) is an effective way to deal with the pain caused by the condition.// Researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University Bapt...Seattle's Swedish Cancer Institute First in U.S. to Treat Cancer Patient with Elekta VMAT
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