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| Increase in Men Seeking Plastic Surgery |
| Men usually have the reputation of avoiding seeing a physician, even when they are sick, but the issue may be different when it comes to wanting cosmetic surgery or enhancement procedures such as Botox. Men are now seeking out doctors for non-medical reasons, and in record numbers. |
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| Verdict is still out on female-specific knee implant |
| Like other orthopedic surgeons, Dr. Timothy Brox has seen many female patients interested in a gender-specific knee implant made by Warsaw-based Zimmer Inc. |
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| Alternative medicines draws fire |
| AFTER decades of fighting for credibility within mainstream medicine, alternative health practitioners are once again in the firing line. This latest salvo has been launched from Britain, where two recently released, hard-hitting books accuse the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) industry of quackery and trickery. |
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| Weighing up the alternative |
| Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst explore the merits of alternative medicines... If responsibility for the production of this book could be laid at the door of any one person, it would probably be HRH the Prince of Wales - the writers virtually say as much. |
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| Cosmetic surgery booming in Britain |
| BRITONS might be feeling the pinch of the global credit crunch, but they're still ready to pay thousands of pounds for cosmetic surgery, a report suggested today. |
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| Obsessed with perfection |
| If you think the plastic-surgery boom is just another sign that our culture is shallow, death-denying and youth-obsessed, think again. Because according to sociologist Anthony Elliott, a "mommy job" is not just shorthand for the breast augmentation/tummy tuck many women choose to have after giving birth, it's a toxic side effect of globalization, rampant consumerism, the electronic economy and, perhaps, a worldwide epidemic of good old melancholia. |
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| More Foreigners Seeking Medical Treatment in S’pore |
| More foreigners are coming to Singapore to seek medical treatment. In 2006, some 400,000 came for treatments such as health screenings and the numbers are rising. |
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| Robot takes the pain and guesswork out of knee and hip replacements |
| British doctors have helped to create a surgical robot that will revolutionise treatment for the 160,000 people a year who are given a new knee or hip. |
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| Taiwan doctors, tourism eye China boost |
| Taiwanese ophthalmologist Lin Pi-jung is eagerly anticipating a flood of new patients to his already busy clinics, after this week's historic talks between the island and mainland China. |
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| POLYCYSTIC ovary syndrome affects up to 10 per cent of women, but many go undiagnosed. |
Imagine knowing something is wrong with you, but being told time after time by health professionals there is nothing wrong.
Nobody can explain why you are struggling with acne and excess facial and body hair, or why you feel anxious, depressed or moody. |
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