Month: May 2013

Polio Vaccinations Need A Boost

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country’s latest food safety scandal.

By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Many more breast cancer patients had breast reconstruction following a 1998 federal law mandating insurance coverage for the procedure, according to a new study. “I think it’s the first large-scale study that shows that, slowly, legislation like the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act is having an effect,” said Dr. Evan Garfein, a plastic surgeon who has helped to draft a New York law aimed at improving access to breast reconstruction but who was not involved in the new research. …

In a spirited debate between South Carolina congressional candidates Elizabeth Colbert Busch and Mark Sanford, we found a couple of misleading statements — and one seemingly contradictory exchange about Sanford’s voting record that isn’t. Democrat Colbert Busch said that when Sanford, a Republican, was governor “98,000 jobs were lost in … More

If you’ve ever thought of getting breast implants, maybe you’ve weighed the pluses and minuses. In the “pros” category: look better in clothes; get a self-esteem boost. The cons: the cost (high), the risk of complications (fairly high), the chances you’ll get stuck with a leaky implant (low). Or maybe you’ve already had a breast augmentation; about 29 percent of American women who opted for the surgery in 2012 were between 20 and 29, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Devon Carrow spends his days like many other second grade students: He goes to school, says hello to friends in the hallway and practices his multiplication tables. But to do this safely, Devon cannot be in the classroom. The 7-year-old from West Seneca, N.Y., has…        

LONDON (Reuters) – A leading British cosmetic surgeons’ association has arranged insurance for its members’ patients to cover the cost of righting procedures such as breast enhancements that go wrong. The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) said it arranged the Aesthetic Surgery Commitment policy through the Lloyds of London insurance market in response to recommendations made in a government backed report. …