eButton health monitor gets a facelift
(University of Pittsburgh) A wearable, picture-taking health monitor created by University of Pittsburgh researchers has received a recent facelift. Now, in addition to documenting what a person eats, the eButton prototype can accurately match those images against a geometric-shape library, providing a much easier method for counting calories. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
How facelifts make us look younger by just 3 years
People who go under the knife do not end up any more attractive then they had been before and on average they only look three years younger, according to the results of a new study. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Well: The Limits of Cosmetic Surgery
A new study, the first to try to quantify attractiveness after a facelift, brow lift or eyelid surgery, found a tiny but insignificant increase in attractiveness. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Tags: Plastic Surgery Botox (Drug) Skin Body Surgery and Surgeons Featured Aging Source Type: news
The Rehabilitation of an Old Emotion
A Swiss physician named Johannes Hofer coined the term nostalgia in the late 17th century to describe what he considered to be a cerebral disease unique to Swiss mercenaries fighting wars far from home. Fast forward over three hundred years to the present day and nostalgia is everywhere.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - July 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Clay Routledge, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Cognition Happiness Social Life 17th century civic organizations facelift health and wellbeing high definition hundred years laboratory experiments last decade longing love affair marketing mental health mental heal Source Type: news
Scott 3rd Floor Study Rooms Recently Renovated
Looking for quiet, cozy study space? The individual study rooms on the third floor of Scott Library have undergone a facelift and they’re ready for use. Each room includes a work surface, shelf, and a whiteboard. While ideal for individual study, the rooms can also accommodate two people working together. Keys to these rooms are available at the Service Desk on the 2nd floor and they may be checked out for up to four hours.
(Source: What's New on JEFFLINE)
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - July 10, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Kenya: Facelift for Western Provincial Hospital
[The Star]THE Kakamega county government led by Executive Committee member for health Elsie Muhanda has promised to prioritise the health sector in the next six months. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 9, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Race, Rhinoplasty, And Self-Esteem In Venezuela
Many black or racially mixed women in Venezuela are undergoing nose jobs in an effort to look whiter, but the procedure only temporarily improves their self-esteem and body image in a culture that values whiteness, a Dartmouth College study finds. Cosmetic surgery is increasingly common in many countries, including Venezuela, where an obsession with physical appearance prompts many women to get breast implants, face lifts, liposuction and other cosmetic procedures... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery Source Type: news
Neurologists Don't Buy 'Facelift Treatment' for MigraineNeurologists Don't Buy 'Facelift Treatment' for Migraine
A plastic surgeon and a neurologist argue the merits of surgical deactivation of trigger sites to manage migraine headaches. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Local Health tool gets a facelift
The tool includes indicators on both health outcomes and factors affecting health.
It enables users to see how the indicators vary across England at the level of upper or lower tier local authorities, as well as by wards using maps, summary charts and more detailed reports to show how local results compare with the national average for each indicator. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - July 5, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news
Teen with face of a senior gets face lift
ROTHERHAM, England, June 24 (UPI) -- A 16-year-old British girl who suffers from a condition that makes her face age to one of a woman in her 60s was given a face lift to make her look younger. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - June 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zara Hartshorn: Teenager with rare condition which makes her look middle-aged given fresh hope by facelift
Zara Hartshorn, from Rotherham, south Yorkshire, inherited the illness, which makes her skin appear wrinkled and twisted, from her mother Tracey. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
PTSD Becomes (More) Complex in the DSM-5: Part 1
The diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has undergone much more than a minor tweaking or superficial facelift in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5. This guidebook to psychiatric diagnoses, released in May, now defines PTSD as a trauma and stressor-related disorder, not a disorder primarily of anxiety alone.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - June 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julian Ford, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Neuroscience Psychiatry Stress adaptations American Psychiatric Association behavior relationships body functions brain chronic anxiety clinicians doi dsm 5 facelift intense stress posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD Source Type: news
Cosmetic treatments need new regulation report finds
New proposals to regulate cosmetic procedures were widely reported in the papers today, with the Daily Mail reporting the need to "rein in cosmetic surgery cowboys", and The Daily Telegraph warning that anti-wrinkle treatments are "a crisis waiting to happen".
The stories are based on an independent review of regulations governing the UK cosmetic industry, which is worth an estimated £3.6 billion. The review was chaired by the NHS medical director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, who said anyone having cosmetic procedures should be better protected than at present. People carrying out cosmetic procedures sh...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice QA articles Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Plans Upmarket Move
The Mayo Clinic has big plans to join other top-flight medical centers in an expensive fight for well-heeled patients, but it faces a problem: Its sleepy hometown needs a face-lift. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - April 23, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news
A facelift nearly killed me: Grandmother, 59, left scarred for life after botched op
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Shelia Simmons, 59, from Manchester, spent £10,000 on a facelift but says she was left looking like she had been 'attacked by dogs'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
