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Recent Survey Suggests Complications With Permanent Fillers - 1 In 4 UK Surgeons Have Seen Patients With Complications
A new survey completed by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (BAAPS) suggests that patients may experience higher complication rates with permanent cosmetic fillers than with other types of cosmetic injections. The survey reveals 38.5% of surgeons saw 1-3 patients over the past year experiencing complications with permanent facial fillers, and 23% of surgeons saw 1-3 patients in the past year with complications so severe surgery was needed to treat those complications. "Permanent fillers present challenges, particularly for inexperienced injectors," says Coalition leader Julius Few, MD, a plastic surgeon practicing in Chicago, IL. "In addition to potential complications that may develop years after injection, the challenge of a permanent, synthetic filler is the anticipation of aging changes and the need for outcomes that will not look unnatural over time. To date, fat continues to be the option closest to a permanent filler with a proven safety record."

A Research Group Focus On Neurobiology Of Parkinson's Disease An The Early Detection Of The Disease
A research group based at the University of Granada, in cooperation with the Neurology Unit of the San Cecilio Hospital of Granada and the Department of Experimental Sciences of the University of Jaen, is studying the Neurobiology of Parkinson"s disease (PD). They have developed a non-invasive method for serological diagnosis of Parkinson"s disease, which is being patented by the University of Granada. To this end, the scientists analyzed and purified proteins associated with this disease, such as aminopeptidase. However, it is not an easy task: "there are thousands of proteins in the blood, and only a few are related to neurodegenerative diseases."
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Based On New Study, Tobacco Control Researchers Call On FDA To Require Complete Disclosure From Tobacco Companies Of Changes Made To Cigarettes
As President Obama prepares to sign a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight of the tobacco industry, a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers shows that tobacco manufacturers have continually changed the ingredients and the design of their cigarettes over time, even if those changes have exceeded acceptable product variance guidelines. The result, say the researchers, is that consumers who buy the same brand of product are not made aware of how that product has been altered and what effect those alterations might have on their levels of addiction or harm.
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New Healthcare Video Game Promotes Single-Payer Reforms

When American patients trust their health to a for-profit insurance company, they"re doing nothing less than gambling with their lives. Registered nurses from the National Nurses Organizing Committee and California Nurses Association today announce the launch of a new healthcare video game, based on this idea, called "You Bet Your Health." The game is part of a wide-ranging public education and political mobilization campaign for single-payer health reforms, which is the choice of nurses and doctors. The game can be viewed at http://www.YouBetYourHealth.com This video game, which will be supported through online advertising, features an everyday patient trying to win healthcare from her insurance company. In each case, the insurer wins. Finally, as a bonus round, the patient spins to choose a healthcare system-and is fortunate to land on the single-payer model, which is succeeding in much of the rest of the industrialized world and which has been introduced in Congress as HR 676 (Conyers-MI) and S 703 (Sanders-VT). The ads follow up on a national campaign that has seen RNs and MDs arrested before The Senate Finance Committee for speaking out on behalf of the idea, as well as blog ads, national television ads, and rallies outside each of the White House Regional Forums on Healthcare. Each of these actions has demanded that Congressional and administration leaders at least consider, debate, and financially score the merits and demerits of a single-payer system in relation to other proposals as well as our current, multi-payer system. "We all know the incredible financial and lobbying res that health insurance and pharmaceutical companies bring to the table in Washington," said Deborah Burger, RN, co-president of NNOC/CNA, "but Congress does itself a disservice when it refuses to talk about the success of single-payer healthcare. Nurses and doctors support single-payer because it works." A single-payer system, says NNOC/CNA, is the most effective reform to assure universal coverage, choice of doctor, and real cost controls that will end the financial and healthcare insecurity faced by American families and American businesses. Under a single-payer system, patients choose from among competing doctors and hospitals, which are paid from a universal, nonprofit health coverage fund, with no co-pays or deductibles, real cost controls, and comprehensive benefits for less than we and our employers pay now. California Nurses Association


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