ASAPS 2009 Statistics Are In
In case you don't have easy access to the statistics posted yearly by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, here's the recap of their analysis of aesthetic procedures performed in 2009.
11
March
Idiot Ass Augmentations Hospitlize Six In New Jersey
In the 'you've got to be kidding me' category... Six women in NJ ended up in the hospital after they were injected with 'bathroom tile calk' from unlicensed ass-injectors.
9
March
Allergan - Botox Cosmetic
No need to shed tears for Allergan with a market cap of nearly $18 billion last week.
Allergan Inc. Chief Executive David Pyott is guarded about 2010 as the drug maker faces competition, uncertain spending on its medical cosmetics and a relatively quiet year for product launches.
9
March
Social Media Marketing: Part 1
Last week we had a webinar on social media marketing and more than 70 Medical Spa MD Members signed up. I'd expected somewhere from 10-15 so having 70+ surprised me somewhat.
Alex Panagiotopoulos of Freelance MD explains basic Twitter functions for physicians running medical spas, laser clinics, and cosmetic medical practices
7
March
American Laser Clinics Trouble In Iowa
Armed guard protects ALC patients from the supervising physician who is supposedly overseeing their treatment.
American Laser Clinics operations are stopped by a medical board yet again.
26
February
Is Geography Your Health Destiny?
Dr. Lavizzo-Mourney is the President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Before joining Robert Wood Johnson she taught at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was the Sylvan Eisman Professor of medicine and health care systems and director of Penn’s Institute on Aging. In Washington, D.C., she was deputy administrator of what is now the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.
Thanks to a new set of reports, we now know that where you live matters to your health. People who call Prince George’s County Maryland home are twice as likely to die prematurely from disease as their neighbors just across the line in Montgomery County. The data cut both ways. People who live in the healthiest counties, such as Montgomery or Howard County Maryland have a two-to-three times better chance of living longer than people who live in less healthy counties such as Prince Georges or Baltimore.
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24
February