Woman with giant arms and legs pleas for £19k
Danielle Brown, 26, from Nuneaton, was forced to watch in horror as her limbs ballooned in size due to lipoedema. Without liposuction, she is expected to be wheelchair bound. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
7 medtech stories we missed this week: April 28, 2017
[Image from unsplash.com]From FDA and Health Canada approvals to joint ventures, here are 7 medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning.
1. FDA clears Joimax Endovapor 2
Joimax announced in an April 26 press release that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its Endovapor 2 Multi-Radio Frequency System. The device generates electricity for monopoly and bipolar cutting and coagulation of tissue structures in surgery. It has programs designed for spinal cord surgery with an interdisciplinary application. It also has 2 monopolar and 2 bipolar sockets with an easy touchpad technology.
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Source: Mass Device - April 28, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Danielle Kirsh Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) News Well Surgical Anaconda Biomed Creganna Medical Eclipse Aesthetics Joimax Mederi Therapeutics MedTech Millennium Medical Technologies SiBone Theraclion Source Type: news
Primcogent wins $18m after bankruptcy
An arbitration panel awarded Dallas-based Primcogent Solutions $18.3 million after it found that Santa Barbara Medical Innovations “supplied false information and made misrepresentations” when the 2 companies struck a deal over a medical laser machine.
In 2011, Santa Barbara Medical Innovations sold Primcogent distribution rights for the Zerona laser, which was billed as a noninvasive alternative to liposuction. But 2 years later, Primcogent was forced to file for Chapter 11 backruptcy to reorganize its business.
The company sued Santa Barbara Medical Innovations and the machine’s manufacturer Erchonia C...
Source: Mass Device - April 4, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Legal News Wall Street Beat Primcogent Solutions Santa Barbara Medical Innovations Source Type: news
Chinese Plastic Surgeons Offer To Transform Patients Into Ivanka Trumps
Fancy yourself as the president’s daughter? You might at least be able to look ... a bit ... like Ivanka Trump if you fork out big bucks and go under the knife — in China. A Chinese plastic surgery operation is promising to make the transformation now that it has a trademark Ivanka business name.
The Foshan Yiw.a Medical Management Company does it all: eye and nose surgery, liposuction and breast enlargement. But its specialty will be turning out more Ivankas. (“Yiw.a” is a transliteration of the Chinese characters for Ivanka’s name, pronounced ee-w.-a.)
“No doubt young women h...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Well: Are Fat Cells Forever?
The number of fat cells in a person ’ s body seems to be able to change in only one direction: up. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ALICE CALLAHAN Tags: Exercise Liposuction Obesity Weight Ask Well Source Type: news
Georgia woman died from liposuction in Colombia
Diana Alvarez, 36, a married mother-of-one who lived in Kennesaw, Georgia, traveled to her native Medellin in early December 2016 to get liposuction. She never woke up from surgery. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Guatemalan authorities investigate death of model Melanie Montenegro
Guatemalan model Melanie Montenegro, 22, had travelled to the city of Guayaquil to undergo liposuction in a clinic owned by a surgeon named Dr Felipe but died during surgery. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Liposuction Technique Used as a Treatment Modality for Suicide Attempt by Injection of Mercury - Kotera SS, Shankar KC, Rajagopalan S.
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Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - December 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mf205 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Confessions of a Female Plastic Surgeon
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Celebrities are doing it, your co-workers are doing it, and even your inner circle is doing it. Your besties, however, are loath to admit they've had some "work" done. Is your colleague or friend looking a little younger these days? Or is that booty of theirs seeming just a little bit tighter all of a sudden? Trust me, it's not the Zumba classes, nor is it the juice cleanse they recently powered through. They've had something done - a bit of Botox, some liposuction, or maybe a facelift -- even if they vehemently deny it. According to Aviva Preminger, MD, a NYC female plastic surgeon, she's seen it all.
Everyo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - August 2, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Bride-to-be with Lipoedema undergoes gruelling treatment to decrease her 4ft-wide legs
Katia Page, 36, from New Jersey, U.S., suffers with Lipoedema - a chronic disorder that causes fatty tissue to accumulate in mass around the lower body. she is undergoing liposuction. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman who wants to be 'as fake as possible' spends £100,000 on cosmetic surgery
The British woman, named only as Star, has had two boob jobs to go from a 32A to a 32E, a nose job, liposuction on her legs, Botox injections and lip fillers. She appeared on E! show Botched. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
