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Study shows value of food diary in losing weight
WASHINGTON (Reuters Life!) – Keeping a food diary — a detailed account of what you eat and drink and the calories it packs — is a powerful tool in helping people lose weight, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. The study involving 1,685 middle-aged men and women over six months found those who kept such a […]
The First Gyno Spa Opens In New York
Today the New York Times reports on a jaw-dropping addition to the medical spa trend. Now comes the first medi spa in Manhattan wholly dedicated to strengthening and grooming a woman’s genital area. Phit — short for pelvic health integrated techniques — is to open this month on East 58th Street. Dr. Lauri Romanzi, a […]
Thermage to buy Reliant Technologies for $95 million
July 7 (Reuters) – Aesthetic medical device maker Thermage Inc (THRM.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said it would buy privately held Reliant Technologies Inc, a provider of cosmetic laser skin treatment, for about $95 million in cash and stock, sending its shares up as much as 10 percent.
New York Day Spa Offers Botox and Facial for the Pits
Shizuka New York, the day spa that introduced bird poop facials to Manhattan, offers the Underarm Overhaul that combines underarm botox for sweat reduction with an underarm “facial” and underarm waxing, just in time for summer heat waves. Botox cosmetic was approved by the FDA in 2004 for treating severe underarm sweat (hyperhidrosis) and has […]
Cosmetic procedure can reveal the youth within
Out, out, damned age spot. Begone satanic sags, fleshy jowls and jiggly wattles. If there’s one thing baby boomers hate to see when we look in the mirror it’s a face (or body) that does not match our inner image of ourselves.
Botox Alternative Removes Wrinkles, Naturally
Let’s “face” it – eventually we will all get wrinkles. But did you know that absentminded frowning or furrowing of the face (while working or concentrating) WILL speed up the wrinkling process, compounding the ravages of age? The more persistent and habitual the frown, the more aggressively the wrinkles will take hold. Historically, the only […]
American Health Journal – TV: Cookie diet
Eat cookies and lose weight! Irving Posalski, MD explains how you can lose weight by eating cookies. An interview clip from the American Health Journal PBS-TV.
FDA Approves EVOLENCE, a New Generation Collagen-Based Facial Filler
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced the approval of EVOLENCE® for the correction of moderate to deep facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds. EVOLENCE® is a new advanced collagen-based structural dermal filler, and a first of its kind product. The introduction of EVOLENCE® marks the first dermal filler entry for […]
The young face of Botox
Young women in their 20s turn to shots to prevent wrinkles from forming. When Natalie Neal, 27, looks in the mirror she sees one faint line across her forehead. She knows no one notices but her, but “when I’m 40 and have a huge line across my forehead they’re going to notice.” That’s why before […]
SmartLipo on ABC News
WHAT IS SMARTLIPO? Is a treatment literally melts away fat in trouble spots like your abdomen, thighs, arms and neck. The results last longer than dieting or exercise and since the treatment is minimally invasive. The SmartLipo procedure is the first laser-assisted liposuction procedure. SmartLipo was approved by the FDA in November of 2006..
