From Foxs News
Millions of men and women who suffer from premature baldness or hair loss could soon be able to regain their original lustrous locks — by cloning their remaining hair in the laboratory, research suggests.
The new technique, known as “follicular cell implantation,” has already shown positive results in continuing clinical trials on human beings. The work, being carried out by a British team, is being hailed as a major advance in hair restoration and is backed by a $3.7 million government grant.
The cell therapy has the potential to provide a limitless supply of an individual’s hair to replace that lost because of burns, cancer treatment or simply the onset of age, and could be available to patients within five years.
How to Look Beautiful on Your Big Day
May 20, 2008
From foxnews.com
By Jessica Ryen Doyle
In 2005, actress Laura Linney described her Oscar-readying process as simply putting on her J. Mendel gown when it arrived.
It might be safe to assume that Linney, who is up for lead actress in Sunday’s Academy Awards, does a little more primping in preparation for Hollywood’s most glamorous night.
But you don’t have to be famous to be red-carpet ready for your big event, according to health and beauty experts.
“The most important thing to do is to make a plan and stick with it,” said Dr. Rhoda Narins, a celebrity dermasurgeon and past president of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.
MRSA Risk After Face Lift Low
March 18, 2008
From Miranda Hitti, Webmd.com
The odds of getting MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) after a face-lift are low, but not nil, new research shows.
MRSA can spread in communities and in hospitals. Surgery, including cosmetic surgery, carries a risk of infection, including MRSA infection.
A new study tracked MRSA in 780 people who got face-lifts at a New York outpatient surgical center between 2001 and 2007.
During that time, four patients — 0.5% of all the patients studied — developed surgical site infections that tested positive for MRSA. Those cases happened in 2006, shortly after the patients got their face-lifts.
All four patients recovered after antibiotic treatment, though two patients had to be treated in a hospital.
It’s not clear if those four patients picked up MRSA when they got their face-lifts. At least two patients — the ones who were hospitalized for MRSA care — may have been exposed to MRSA through other circumstances.
One face-lift patient had been spending time visiting her husband in the hospital; he was in a cardiac intensive care unit. Another patient often saw her brother-in-law, a cardiologist. But the husband and brother-in-law weren’t tested for MRSA.
Screening for MRSA and MRSA prevention “will help reduce the risk of future infections,” write the researchers, who included Richard Zoumalan, MD, of New York University’s medical school.
