| A feast for the eye
While sitting in the waiting room of the Jacksonville Eye Center in Riverside, 21-year-old Richard London saw a side of his mother hed never seen before, specifically, the inside of her cornea. The amazing images displayed on a 52-inch LCD monitor, while in a nearby room Dr. Robert Schnipper peered through microscopes and used computer-controlled lasers to restore Rhoda Londons sight through the most advanced lasik techniques available. Its amazing how you can improve your vision like that, the son said with an intense gaze. You cant do that with anything else, like hearing. But London wasnt the first person to watch Schnipper in action. In fact, Schnipper and his colleague, Dr. Senthil Krishnasamy, host monthly live surgeries where potential patients, family and friends or those who just want to see something extraordinary, can watch a lasik surgery and decide if its the right way to correct their vision.
Lincoln had a facial defect: Study
CHICAGO: Artists, sculptors and photographers knew Abraham Lincoln's face had a good side. Now it's confirmed by science. Laser scans of two life masks, made from plaster casts of Lincoln's face, reveal the 16th president's unusual degree of facial asymmetry, according to a new study.
The left side of Lincoln's face was much smaller than the right, an aberration called cranial facial microsomia. The defect joins a long list of ailments - including smallpox, heart illness and depression - that modern doctors have diagnosed in Lincoln.
Lincoln's contemporaries noted his left eye at times drifted upward independently of his right eye, a condition now termed strabismus. Lincoln's smaller left eye socket may have displaced a muscle controlling vertical movement, said Dr Ronald Fishman, who led the study published in the August issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology.
Recto-urethral Fistula After Combination Radiotherapy For Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com- There are many choices for the primary local treatment of adenocarcinoma of the prostate. For patients with moderate or high-risk prostate cancer (Gleason score 7 or greater, PSA over 10, and clinical stage greater than T2a) dose escalation of radiation therapy has been employed. This is commonly done by combining external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and radioactive seed implants. This approach is intended to improve local control and disease-free survival. This combined approach, however, can be associated with an increased risk of rectal toxicity compared with either modality alone.
In a recent paper by C. Marguet and colleagues from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, the authors present their experience with 6 patients treated with combined prostate brachytherapy and EBRT who developed rectourethral fistula subsequent to rectal procedures.
NewImage.com Launches Online Beauty Center for Personal Image Enhancement
Premier cosmetic surgery portal joins forces with CosmeticMall.com to provide skin care products, anti-aging solutions, beauty tips, and information, all in one place. Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) August 6, 2007 -- NewImage.com, the premier online cosmetic surgery and elective health destination for personal image enhancement solutions, today announced its partnership with CosmeticMall.com. NewImage.com now carries more than 3,500 anti-aging and skincare products in addition to in-depth information regarding skin care, including acne treatments, dry skin remedies, and wrinkle prevention and reduction, in a joint effort with CosmeticMall.com's website and retail beauty store. NewImage.com's new online beauty center provides consumers with more alternatives to look and feel younger.
Regional agency helps blind stay independent
PLATTSBURGH "" Dolores Bradley enjoys a relaxing afternoon in front of the television with one of her favorite shows, "Murder She Wrote," playing. She can't visually follow the antics of super sleuth Jessica Fletcher in the popular TV series from the 1980s, but she listens intently to every clue uncovered by actress Angela Lansbury's character. Dolores suffers from macular degeneration and is legally blind. She describes her vision as like wearing glasses covered with a thick layer of Vaseline, but that has done nothing to impact her need for independence. "I love my children dearly, but I will not live with any of them," said the 80-year-old mother of four. "I like my freedom." Dolores, a retired history teacher of 34 years from New Jersey, moved to the North Country with her husband, Joseph, for their retirement years.
New Technologies Tighten Skin From Head To Toe Without Surgery
If sagging skin is getting you down, recent advances in skin-tightening technologies can lift your spirits and your skin in a matter of a few office visits to your dermatologist. The beauty of these non-invasive procedures is their ability to treat loose skin virtually anywhere on the body without the risks and downtime associated with surgery.
Speaking today at the American Academy of Dermatology's Summer Academy Meeting 2007, dermatologist David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, FAAD, clinical professor of dermatology and director of laser research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, N.Y., discussed the rapidly expanding area of skin-tightening techniques and how they can safely and effectively treat sagging skin on the jowls, neck, arms, and stomach, as well as cellulite.
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