Specials in the Skin Spa for May!
Virtue RF Microneedling is here! Purchase a package of 3 VirtueRF face treatments and get 3 Virtue neck treatments free (both areas must be done same day) (a $625 savings)20% off a package of 4 CoolTone treatments15% off Thermage (any area)25% off Ultherapy (any area)Purchase a Clear + Brilliant Treatment and receive a free IPL Photorejuvenation (both treatments must be done same day) (a $250 savings)Purchase 1 area of Laser Hair Removal and get a second area of equal or lesser value 50% off (both areas must be done same day)You must be an appr...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - May 10, 2021 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Want healthy eyes? What to know at 40 and beyond
Did the print on that label suddenly shrink? If you’re in your 40s or beyond, you may have asked yourself that question as you struggled to read something that you used to be able to see clearly with no problem.
Blame your aging eyes. Much like our joints, our eyes undergo age-related changes. While eye problems can affect people of any age, some conditions become more common after age 40.
Getting older? Three common eye conditions
Presbyopia. The lens of the eye gets stiffer with age, which makes it harder to focus on objects nearby — hence your label-reading struggles. Many people find satisfaction with inexpensive r...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kelly Bilodeau Tags: Diabetes Eye Health Healthy Aging Source Type: blogs
Glaucoma: What ’s new and what do I need to know?
Glaucoma is the leading cause of permanent blindness worldwide, and the second leading cause of permanent blindness in the United States. An estimated three million people in the United States have glaucoma, a number that is expected to increase to 6.3 million in the next 30 years. Although glaucoma is more common in adults older than 60, it can develop at any age. While there is currently no cure for glaucoma, vision loss can be slowed or stopped if the disease is diagnosed and treated early.
What is glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a group of disorders that damage the optic nerve of the eye, which carries visual signals from the re...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joan Miller, MD Tags: Eye Health Healthy Aging Source Type: blogs
Six Reasons Why Cancer is an Emotional Diagnosis Too
By Cynthia Hayes, Author, The Big Ordeal: Understanding and Managing the Psychological Turmoil of Cancer
No matter when you hear the words, “You’ve got cancer,” you are bound to have an emotional reaction. The news is devastating, and the physical challenges that lie ahead are very real. But, unfortunately, that is only half the story. Cancer is an emotional diagnosis too, and our psychological and physical responses to the disease and its treatment are intertwined, coloring the entire experience. Why is cancer so emotional?
We fear we will die
For millennia, cancer has been a death sentence. So even though ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Cynthia Hayes Tags: featured health and fitness philosophy psychology self-improvement cancer healing illness pickthebrain self improvement Source Type: blogs
Imagio Opto-Acoustic Imaging for Breast Lesions FDA Approved
Seno Medical, a San Antonio, Texas firm, has won FDA approval to introduce its Imagio device that utilizes opto-acoustic imaging to help physicians identify whether breast lesions are benign or malignant. It is hoped that this non-invasive and radiation-free technology will help to reduce the number of biopsies that have to be performed.
Opto-acoustic imaging combines ultrasound with laser optics to provide a combined view of tissue anatomy and the blood flow around it. Cancerous lesions commonly exhibit a high density of newly formed blood vessels (angiogenesis) and a lower oxygen saturation compared with surroundi...
Source: Medgadget - January 19, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Radiology Surgery Source Type: blogs
Endoscopic Surgery Using Steerable Lasers
Applying an energy source, such as a laser, to cut through or cauterize tissue is already widely used in external surgeries, such as laser eye surgery, but using this technology safely and accurately during minimally invasive internal procedures is difficult. Current endoscopic technology does not permit lasers to be steered and manipulated with sufficient precision.
Now researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute have developed a new technique to accurately steer a laser beam at the end of an endoscope for minimally invasive laser surgery. The approach relies on three small mirrors that move within a tiny cylinder to...
Source: Medgadget - January 18, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiac Surgery GI Ob/Gyn Thoracic Surgery Urology harvard wyssinstitute Source Type: blogs
Two Surgeons —a Veteran and a Newcomer—Talk Fighting COVID Burnout
By MICHAEL E. LIPKIN and RUSSELL S. TERRY, JR.
Burnout has always been a concern in medicine, and that concern has been amplified by the added stress of COVID-19. Many months into an unpredictable and distressing situation, we have both hung on to our mental health and professional passion by seeking out strategies that work for us. We offer them in two perspectives: veteran and relative newcomer.
Dr. Lipkin: A Veteran’s Perspective
When lockdown began in March, we slowed down my practice for about 6 to 8 weeks, and then returned to full pre-COVID levels. It feels like the uncertainty has affected...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Medical Practice Physicians Michael Lipkin Source Type: blogs
Specials in the Skin Spa for November
NOVEMBER SPECIALSPurchase a package of 4 Cooltone treatments and get an additional area package at 50% off (a $1,200 savings; both areas must be done same day)Purchase 3 CoolPeel Face Treatments and get 3 free CoolPeel Neck Treatments(both areas must be done same day)Free IPL Photorejuvenation with the purchase of a Clear + Brilliant(a $250 savings)(both treatments must be done same day)Purchase an Ultherapy face treatment& get the neck treated for free(both areas must be treated the same day)25% off Laser Hair RemovalSpend and save on ZO Skin Health p...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - November 6, 2020 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Reviewing Netflix ’ s Ratched
Have you seen the Netflix series Ratched? In today’s Not Crazy podcast, we discuss whether the show gives an accurate portrayal of 1940’s mental illness treatments. And to help us out, we welcome Rachel Star Withers, the podcast host of Inside Schizophrenia and a person who lives with schizophrenia, to discuss her views of the show.
Are the lobotomies and hydrotherapy treatments portrayed in the show realistic? Did doctors really do lobotomies on children? Join us as we take a deeper look into this popular miniseries.
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Source: World of Psychology - November 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Movie Review Not Crazy Podcast Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Visit Us in Our Brand New Building!
WE HAVE MOVED!As of Monday, September 28th 2020 we have begun seeing patients at our brand-new standalone plastic surgery center at 113 Tremont Street in Duxbury (immediately next door to our former office). In the new 9,800 square foot building we have an even larger surgical suite. This is accompanied by a private entrance and exit for surgical patients to create the best possible experience. The second floor is dedicated to the Skin Spa. Our state-of-the-art facility continues to offer the newest in skin care technology including Ultherapy, Thermage, Co2 Tetra Factional Laser, Coolsculpting and CoolTone. ...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - October 1, 2020 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: blogs
October Specials in the Skin Spa
WE HAVE MOVED!As of Monday, September 28th 2020 we have begun seeing patients at our brand-new standalone plastic surgery center at 113 Tremont Street in Duxbury (immediately next door to our former office). In the new 9,800 square foot building we have an even larger surgical suite. This is accompanied by a private entrance and exit for surgical patients to create the best possible experience. The second floor is dedicated to the Skin Spa. Our state-of-the-art facility continues to offer the newest in skin care technology including Ultherapy, Thermage, Co2 Tetra Factional Laser, Coolsculpting and CoolTone. ...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - October 1, 2020 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Laser-Controlled Microrobots Small Enough for Injections
Microrobotics researchers have been working for decades, in a seemingly futile attempt, to keep up with the miniaturization that has been achieved in the field of microelectronics. Although rudimentary microscopic robots have been developed, they have failed to take full advantage of conventional silicon electronics and so are limited in their functionality. Specifically, no one has developed an actuator at micrometer resolutions that can work with semiconductor processing and be triggered using conventional electronic signals.
Now, researchers from Cornell University are reporting in the journal Nature that they have ...
Source: Medgadget - September 9, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Materials Nanomedicine Surgery Source Type: blogs
Specials in the Skin Spa for September
Please be sure to review ournew office protocols prior to your visit:SEPTEMBER SPECIALS!Purchase a package of4 CoolTone treatments and get an additional area package at 50% off (a $1200 savings)(both areas must be done same day)FreeIPL Photorejuvenation with the purchase of aClear + Brilliant(a $250 savings)(both treatments must be done same day) Get 25% off a package of 3Vivace microneedling andCoolPeel laser treatments(both treatments must be done same day) 20% anyViPeel25% offLaser Hair RemovalWe now carry ZO ® Skin Health Products! ZO® provides a comprehensive approach to creating and maintaining healthy...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - September 8, 2020 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Skin Spa Specials Source Type: blogs
Blood Vessel Networks Made by 3D Printing Powdered Sugar
To study the complex functionality of groups of cells, and to one day build replacement tissues, researchers have been trying to find a way to generate artificial vascular networks capable of supplying oxygen and nutrients to thousands of cells. Extrusion 3D printing, in which a liquefied material is layered down and allowed to harden, has proven to be insufficient to produce fine structures with complex morphologies. Rice University scientists, with the help of others, have now developed a way of using laser-sintering of powdered sugars to produce highly detailed structures that can hold onto live cells and keep them aliv...
Source: Medgadget - June 30, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Materials Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
More Women Are Pursuing Majority-Male Specialties and Changing Patients ’ Perceptions
By AMY E. KRAMBECK, MD
With the exceptions of pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology, women make up fewer than half of all medical specialists. Representation is lowest in orthopedics (8%), followed by my own specialty, urology (12%). I can testify that the numbers are changing in urology – women are up from just 8% in 2015, and the breakdown in our residency program here at Indiana University is now about 20% of the 5-year program.
One reason for the increase is likely the growth of women in medicine – 60% of doctors under 35 are women, as are more than half of medical school enrollees. I also credit a generat...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Physicians Amy Krambeck female physicians majority male specialties Patients Source Type: blogs
