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After death, Maryland to limit where cosmetic surgeries are performed
Maryland is moving to toughen regulations on the fast-growing medspa industry — a move designed to narrow a "loophole" and prevent deaths such as one last year following a liposuction treatment at a Timonium facility. Regulations being discussed...
Tags: Personal Service, Glen Burnie, Plastic Surgery Centers, General Practitioners, Surgery
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Health officials consider increasing plastic surgery center oversight
Maryland health officials may ask state lawmakers for permission to oversee plastic surgery centers, a move inspired in part by the death of a Lochearn woman after liposuction.
The state health department had already been considering whether to ask...Tags: Chemical Industry, Plastic Surgeons, Judges, Montgomery County (Maryland), Pharmaceuticals
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Bill to increase oversight of cosmetic surgery centers making late push in Assembly
A bill to give health regulators more oversight of facilities like the now-closed Monarch Medspa in Timonium is making a late surge in the General Assembly after weeks of discussions among state and industry officials. The House of Delegates...
Tags: Personal Service, Plastic Surgery Centers, Howard County, Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners
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Closing deadly loopholes
In July, authorities discovered that a radiology technician who had worked in Maryland and several other states had been injecting himself with narcotics-filled syringes, refilling them with saline and leaving them behind for use on patients. More than 1,...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, Hepatitis C
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Cosmetic surgery for the canine set
Ace, a youthful Labrador, bounds across his lawn, fielding tennis balls and hurrying them back to his owner. His tail wags. His coat is thick and shiny. He barks with enthusiasm. To the naked eye, Ace is a strapping example of dogdom. Who would guess...
Tags: Personal Service, Pets, Annapolis, Surgery, Plastic Surgeons
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'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' recap, Kim's post-nose job party
Kim and her new nose are throwing a little party to debut her readjusted cartilage. She also wants to celebrate her sobriety. Cute idea, having a coffee bar instead of a liquor bar. Â The annoyed, strained smile on the barista's face when she suggested...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Chemical Peel, Futurama (tv program), Surgery, Plastic Surgeons
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89 Md. facilities bought drugs from firm linked to meningitis outbreak
The federal Food and Drug Administration identified 89 medical facilities in Maryland that bought drugs from the Massachusetts manufacturer being investigated for a national fungal meningitis outbreak. The facilities are among more than 3,000 in numerous...
Tags: Bevacizumab (drug), Chemical Industry, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Plastic Surgeons
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Timonium cosmetic surgery center shut down amid investigation into infections, one death
A 59-year-old Lochearn woman died Monday of a rare infection after liposuction surgery, and two other patients have also contracted infections, prompting health officials Wednesday to shut down the Timonium cosmetic surgery center where each was treated....Tags: Personal Service, Northwest Hospital, Plastic Surgery Centers, Family, Hospitals and Clinics
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From Sun Magazine: Budging the bulge with CoolSculpting
It's a common refrain in Gia D'Anna's office: Extra inches that childbirth or time left around the middle are resisting diet and exercise. D'Anna is the office manager for a Lutherville plastic surgeon, and, as a mother, she sympathizes with the...
Tags: Ellicott City, Plastic Surgeons, Breast Augmentation, Liposuction, Cosmetic Procedures
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Slimming down the cool way
For men and women attempting to lose those last few pounds, surgery may not be an option. Earlier this year, Dr. Eric Chang of Columbia Aesthetic Plastic Surgery began offering “CoolSculpting,” which he describes as a safe, noninvasive...
Tags: Surgery, Plastic Surgeons, Health and Medical Professionals, Liposuction, Cosmetic Procedures
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Hopkins to begin performing face transplants
Johns Hopkins doctors have received approval from the university’s institutional review board to begin doing face transplant surgeries, becoming the second hospital in Baltimore to offer the complex procedure. There have been only 22 such...
Tags: Personal Service, Hospitals and Clinics, Cleveland Clinic, Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
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Facial acupuncture comes to Laurel's Main Street
A growing number of people looking for less invasive procedures than plastic surgery or Botox injections to do away with wrinkles and sagging jawlines are turning to the ancient Chinese-rooted practice of acupuncture. And they are starting to come to...
Tags: Personal Service, Legs, Parkinson's Disease, Surgery, Acupuncture
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