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Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case |
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Introduced in 1962, silicone breast implants had been used by between one and two million women by the time they were virtually banned in 1992 by David A. Kessler of the Food and Drug Administration. While the ban came about because manufacturers had failed to demonstrate the safety of the devices, Marcia Angell, executive editor of The New England Journal of Medicine, argues that there actually was no medical consensus to support the contention that implants could... >> |
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Instant Beauty : Getting Gorgeous on Your Lunch Break |
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Book Description
Most people no longer have the time or patience to experiment with avocado and cucumber potions, meditative techniques that promise "inner beauty" or lengthy surgeries that require time off from work. The good news is that medicine has caught up to our needs. Today instant beauty is available to everyone who has no more than a lunch break to fix this, to alter that and get the looks they've always wanted.
How is this possible?
- Big procedures ha... >> |
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Lasers in Aesthetic Surgery |
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Book Description
Lasers in Aesthetic Surgery presents the latest techniques in utilizing ultrapulsed CO2 lasers in aesthetic plastic surgery. Edited by an expert and pioneer in the field, this practical manual teaches the practitioner clinical applications of lasers in facelifts, blepharoplasty, resurfacing of the skin, pigmented lesions, vascular lesions, sun damage, etc. -- and includes material on surgical "pearls", complications, patient selection and management, advantages and ... >> |
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