| Out of the Gate: Alcon Rises
Shares of eye care products maker Alcon Inc. rose Monday, the first trading day after German regulators approved the company's buyout of refractive laser maker WaveLight AG. Alcon said Friday that the German Federal Financial Supervisory authority approved its bid. Alcon plans to buy at least 75 percent of Wavelight shares for 15 Euro, or $20.53, per share at current exchange rates. It currently holds 16 percent of the company's stock. .
Lincoln's face oddly asymmetrical
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 Ronald Fishman, who led the study published in the August issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology. Severe strabismus leads to double vision and can be treated today by surgery.
The aftermath of skin cancer: A reporter's journal
This is the last in a series of three articles about Tifton Gazette reporter Jana Cone's battle with skin cancer. The aftermath of skin cancer: A reporter's journal By Jana Cone TIFTON — This is the last in a series of three articles about Tifton Gazette reporter Jana Cone's battle with skin cancer. .
Death of Patriarch sparks new controversy
New disclosures about the surgery that led to the death of Teoctist, raise serious questions regarding the Patriarch's death. According to these new elements published in yesterday's edition of 'Ziua' daily, it seems the Patriarchpublished in issue 3997 page 3 at 2007-08-15Witness are the monks that prepared the Patriarch's body for burial and who noticed an incision of approximately 10 to 15 centimeters on his abdomen. According to the quoted daily, the Patriarch requested that the surgery be done by laser. Pious Nectarie, one of the ones that performed within the hospital premises the ritual before the burial, declared to 'Ziua' journalists that the incision on the Patriarch's abdomen was vertical and 10 to 15 centimeters long. The information was confirmed by His Holiness Varsanufie Prahoveanul, another person close to the Patriarch.
Perspiration: It's a hot topic
The signs of summer are everywhere. Tan, toned arms. Skimpy clothes. And sopping wet armpits.We spend most of the year yearning for heat, and once it arrives, we suffer in constricting office attire as soaring temperatures turn even a leisurely lunchtime stroll into a sweat fest.But John Hanken knows how to deal with it. Hanken, who works and lives in Walnut Creek, Calif., has a sweat-proof system for moving about outside in the summertime."Walk slowly," Hanken says. "Never go without an undershirt. It keeps you cool in the summer and warm in the winter." He also has a diplomatic take on antiperspirant and deodorant."Man, you've just got to wear that stuff," he says. "If you don't wear it for yourself, wear it for your co-workers."Sweating, the body's built-in air conditioner, is natural, whether caused by heat, stress, genetics or underlying medical conditions such as an elevated thyroid level."A lot of people have a little sweating," says Dr.
Bausch & Lomb Puts Takeover Bid on Ice
Bausch & Lomb Inc. told eye-care products rival Advanced Medical Optics Inc. on Tuesday it needs to improve its takeover offer to compete with a $3.67 billion cash bid by a private equity firm. Unless Advanced Medical provides extra assurances about the "value and certainty of consummation" of its $4.2 billion cash-and-stock bid, the board of Bausch & Lomb said the offer "would not be likely to result in a superior proposal." It gave the Santa Ana, Calif.-based company until midday Friday to make revisions to its offer. Warburg Pincus, a buyout and venture capital firm in New York, won an agreement from Bausch & Lomb's board in mid-May to pay $65 a share for the 154-year-old maker of contact lenses, ophthalmic drugs and vision-correction surgical instruments.
Women just want to have fun
From exotic dance classes to cosmetic gynecology, more boomers are openly exploring their sensual sides. STACEY WESCOTT, MCT, April 13, 2007 Stacey Smith, a police officer and mother of four, (left) and pharmacist Cindy Weist (right) study the moves of instructor Mary Ellen Weissman during a pole dancing class at Empowerment Through Exotic Dance. Lisa Anderson | Chicago Tribune August 12, 2007 .
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