| Baby Boomer Men Turn to Minimally Invasive Plastic Surgery
Nearly 1 million U.S. men had cosmetic plastic surgery in 2006, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. "Competitive male Baby Boomers are particularly concerned with maintaining a youthful appearance," says board-certified plastic surgeon Allan Parungao, MD. Oak Park, Ill. (PRWEB) October 31, 2007 -- Nearly 1 million U.S. men had cosmetic plastic surgery in 2006, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. "Male Baby Boomers realize they're competing with younger men, both in the workplace and in the social arena," says Allan Parungao, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon. "Many men are turning to minimally invasive plastic surgery to help them maintain their edge." .
Woman dies after trip for stomach op
A company selling cosmetic surgery tours overseas has stopped offering obesity operations after a Wellington woman died at a Malaysian resort while recovering from surgery. The 42-year-old's family want her death investigated, and better funding for people needing treatment for obesity. The Wellingtonian died in June, a fortnight after having a Gorgeous Getaways-organised lapband operation in Kuala Lumpur. She believed she did not qualify for weight-loss surgery here. The Australasian company has since stopped offering the operations but still offers liposuction and other procedures, and says it is not responsible for the woman's death. Lapband surgery involves placing a silicone band around the upper stomach, which makes patients feel fuller and encourages weight loss.
Help For The Obese: Bariatric Partners Lands $12M In New Financing For Weight Loss Surgical Centers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bariatric Partners, one of two Charlotte-based startups focused on surgery as a means of helping obese people lose weight, has closed on $12 million in new venture capital. The "B" round comes just over a year after Bariatric Partners launched in September of 2005 with $12.55 million financing. Bariatric is derived from the Greek words for "weight" and "treatment." Bariatric surgery involves sealing off most of the stomach to reduce the amount a food can eat or rearrange the small intestine to reduce the amount of calories a body can absorb. Bariatric Partners utilizes laparoscopic adjustable gastric band, or LAGB, surgery. A surgeon inserts an adjustable silicone band that is subsequently adjusted over time. This technique does not divide any portion of the stomach or intestine.
Boys basketball preview: Another year of battles in Section 1-AAAA
Norwin boys basketball has had a two-year reign as Section 1-AAAA champion, and the Knights are hoping to make it a three-peat this season. Franklin Regional and Penn-Trafford have other plans, as each returns a solid corps of starters and contributors from last season and expects to challenge Norwin for the top spot. Norwin will have to overcome some early season injuries to Division I prospect Mike Shanhan and Chris Matheny, as well as fight off talented squads from WPIAL finalist Albert Gallatin, Connellsville, Hempfield, Kiski Area and Latrobe, if it hopes to claim the section crown for a third straight season. .
Beebe expansion on track for completion
Contractors for Beebe Medical Center continue to work toward a spring 2008 completion of a $35 million expansion that will double the Emergency Department beds and add 62 medical-surgical and intensive care beds.
Riddled with miles of electronic cables, heating and air-conditioning ducts, and piping for medical gases and water, the new facility represents the latest thinking for dealing with a wide array of emergency and inpatient medical needs for the 21st century.
Specialized approaches to differing needs are most evident in the emergency room expansion:
• A decontamination room provides shower facilities between an outside entrance and an inner entrance to emergency facilities.
• Seven cardiac resuscitation rooms large enough to accommodate the teams of people needed to deal with such emergencies reflect the aging demographic of Delaware’s Cape Region especially since 1988 when the last emergency room improvements were made.
Coping with the feasting season
Components include going box and chef dave thanksgiving menu tips plus online link. By Brenda Wade Schmidt bschmidt@argusleader.com Make fruit your dessert.
That's a favorite tip of Chef Dave Fouts, who wants to help people get through the holidays - or any days - without gaining weight. "I don't sacrifice taste and flavor. I just try to use a more realistic approach," says the nationally known chef from Oklahoma who is speaking Nov. 19 in Sioux Falls.
Fouts, 35, had gastric bypass surgery nearly six years ago, dropping from 410 pounds to 180. He will speak and host a cooking show from 6-8 p.m. next week at Schroeder Auditorium at Sanford USD Medical Center. Afterward, he will sign his latest book, "Cook Wise with Chef Dave."
While Fouts has developed tasty and healthy "real food" recipes for folks who have had weight-loss surgery, his message is for anyone, he says.
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