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Anti-Aging Regimen of Skin Care Defies Winter's Effects
2007-07-13 11:11:00
(NC) Winter weather is harsh and drying, and that means older, duller-looking skin for many of us. Protect skin from the elements by following proven anti-aging skin care and lifestyle habits.The key to protecting skin is moisturizing on a daily basis. Dry skin ages faster, so it's essential to keep properly hydrated at all times. Wash both your face and body with lukewarm water - not hot - and use a mild facial and body cleanser. After washing, apply a facial moisturizer that's appropriate to your skin type, and remember to wear sunscreen whenever you're outdoors - the sun's rays speed up the aging process. For the body, use a moisturizer that has an added firming benefit, like Curel Firming Q10 lotion, which contains coenzyme Q10, a natural antioxidant that helps defend against the signs of aging while improving skin's elasticity. For extra-dry spots like elbows and feet, try Curel Extreme Care lotion, which contains oatmeal and eucalyptus extracts for intense moisturizing.Re...
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Use of Lotions and Moisturizers in Skin Care
2007-07-13 11:11:00
Moisturizing is beneficial for skin health and reducing microbial dispersion from skin, regardless of whether the product used contains an antibacterial ingredient. Because of differences in the content and formulations of lotions and creams, products vary greatly in their effectiveness. Lotions used with products containing chlorhexidine gluconate must be carefully selected to avoid neutralization by anionic surfactants. The role of emollients and moisturizers in improving skin health and reducing microbial spread is an area for additional research.To improve the skin condition of health-care professionals and reduce their chances of harboring and shedding microorganisms from the skin, the following measures are recommended:For damaged skin, mild, nonantimicrobial skin cleansing products may be used to remove dirt and debris. If antimicrobial action is needed (e.g., before invasive procedures or handling of highly susceptible patients) a waterless, alcohol-based product may be used...
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7 Steps to Protect Your Skin from the Winter Sun
2007-07-13 11:09:00
What outdoor activities did you do this past summer? Maybe you went on a vacation to the beach. Maybe you spent some time playing your favorite sports such as baseball, golf, or tennis. Maybe you went swimming or had a barbeque in the backyard with family and friends. Regardless of the outdoor activities you did over the summer, most likely you were aware that it was important to protect your skin from sun while outdoors.Now winter is approaching. I am turning my attention to putting away my summer items to make room for the winter ones; long sleeve shirts for short sleeve ones, corduroy pants for shorts, and boots for sandals. Most of the sports equipment I have been using is going to get put away as well. But what about those items I have been using to protect myself from the sun? Things like my sunscreens, sunglasses, and sun protective hats and clothing.You may be putting these items away and not using them during the winter. The National Council of Skin Cancer Prevention report...
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Smart Food Safety Practices Can Avoid Summertime Foodborne Illness
2007-07-13 11:08:00
Smart Food Safe ty PracticesNew Jersey residents reminded to keep a few guidelines in mind to help prevent food borne illness. As summer truly gets underway, more and more families and neighbors will be taking advantage of the weather to cook and eat outdoors. But feeding a large group of family and friends when the weather is hot can make food safety a challenge.Food borne illness is a significant public health concern in the United States. In fact, around 76 million cases of food sickness, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths occur each year. Especially at risk are young children, the elderly and people with diseases that involve the immune system, such as asthma, arthritis, cancer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and liver or kidney diseases. "Foodborne illness cases rise during the summer because bacteria thrive in warm temperatures," said Commissioner Jacobs. "For example, what many people call-stomach flu' or intestinal virus' is often caused by food poisoning, which ...
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Warm Weather Dinings Mean Foodborne Illnesses
2007-07-13 11:07:00
Foodborne Illness esNassau County Department of Health reminds residents that in the hot weather, food is more susceptible to spoilage.Temperature and time, as well as personal hygiene, are critical factors that can lead to foodborne diseases.The following are some recommendations to help prevent foodborne diseases: * When storing or transporting food, kept the food's temperature below 40 F. or above 140 F. * When preparing poultry, pork or beef, make certain it is cooked until the juices run clear. The best way to check that cooked foods are safe to eat, including those foods cooked on a barbecue, is to measure their internal cooking temperature with a chef's type of stem thermometer. Poultry should reach 165 F. on the thermometer; ground beef should reach 158 F.; pork should reach 150 F.; solid cuts of meat or fish should reach 140 F. * No cooked food, or foods which are ready to eat (salads, sandwiches, etc.) should ever come in contact with a plate, cutting board or ...
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Consumers Advised Not To Eat Certain Diced Yellow Onions
2007-07-13 11:06:00
Diced Yell ow Onion WarningCons umers, particularly persons with weakened immune systems and pregnant women, should not eat certain brands of diced yellow onions.The products could be contaminated with dangerous bacteria, Listeria monocytogenes, and may cause serious health problems, State Public Health Officer Dr. Mark Horton warned today.Gills Onions of Oxnard is voluntarily recalling 45,500 pounds of diced yellow onions which were distributed to retail and food service locations in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington. No illnesses have been reported in association with these products. The retail product was packed with the Trader Joe's brand name, and sold at Trader Joe's stores in 10-ounce, re-sealable flexible plastic pouches. Consumers should look for the lot code 2017-R 22 1956D and a ?Best if Used by 6/16/07? date on the back side of the pouch. Foodservice operators and distributors should look for cartons containing four, 5-lb. bags labeled w...
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Veggie Booty Snack Food Identified In Product Recall
2007-07-13 11:05:00
Veggie Booty Snack Food Consumers warned not to eat Veggie Booty snack food. An ongoing investigation has identified Veggie Booty as the source of a multi-state outbreak of salmonellosis, with cases occurring as far back as early March.The makers of Veggie Booty, Robert's American Gourmet, today announced an immediate recall of all Veggie Booty products.Oregon is one of 17 states to have received reports of salmonellosis cases linked to the outbreak, and has been involved in the investigation that identified the source. At least 51 cases have been identified nationally, almost all toddlers or infants.One case has been reported in Oregon, according to William E. Keene, senior epidemiologist in the Oregon Department of Human Services Public Health Division."At this time we don't have enough information to be able to limit the recall to particular production lots," Keene said. "Anyone who has packages of Veggie Booty in their home should return it to the store or throw it away."Salmon...
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Robert's American Gourmet Food Conducts Recall Of Veggie Booty
2007-07-13 11:04:00
Veggie Boot y Recall Robert's American Gourmet Food is recalling Veggie Booty Snack Food all lots and sizes.The recall is initiated because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.Veggie Booty was distributed nationwide and also in Canada through local distributors, internet sales, phone orders, mail orders and retail outlets.Veggie Booty is sold in a flexible plastic foil bag in a 4 oz., 1 oz., and l/2 oz. package. The brand name is Robert's American Gourmet, and a...

Half Of Rapid Alert System Notifications Concern Imports Rejected At EU Bor
2007-07-13 11:02:00
About 45% of notifications to the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed in 2006 concerned products from third countries which were blocked at the border by EU control authorities when the risks were identified. EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou today visited the border inspection post of Antwerp to highlight the importance of food safety controls and the EU's rapid alert system to ensure food safety. Commissioner Kyprianou presented the 2006 annual report on the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) which shows that notifications on risks to food safety fell by 5% in 2006 compared to 2005. This is the first time since the establishment of this food safety tool that there has been a decrease in the number of notifications. The drop can be explained largely by effective measures taken to address illegal dyes and the application of new European criteria for certain pathogenic microbes, replacing the diverse national criteria that were in place until then. In total, 6...
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Controlling Food Portions for Weight Loss
2007-07-11 11:33:00
When I was a youngster my family owned a restaurant for a period of time. That's when I first learned about portion control. Portion control is important in the restaurant business to maintain product consistency and costs.That's as true today as it was back then. But today it seems that everyone feels that bigger is better. There's a mega-biggy everything, especially at the fast food places.And when did the all you can eat buffet start? They didn't exist way back when. You just got to pig out at the buffet so you get your moneys worth.The bombardment of advertisements has given a lot of us a warped sense of exactly what a serving should be. Instead of portion control we have portion "out" of control.Just learning what a serving should be is a great first step for you if you're beginning a weight management program. Eating smaller portions of the same food you've always been eating may be the best "baby step" to take in order to lose weight.What Counts as a Serving? Brea...
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Rapid Weight Loss Tips, Techniques and Strategies
2007-07-11 11:31:00
Rapid Weight Loss It seems everyone is looking for that rapid weight loss secret that will instantly shed excess weight and turn you into a supermodel.The fact is, there are healthy, effective and simple techniques you can use to achieve weight loss and keep it off over the long term.Rapid weight loss requires a multi-faceted approach that combines diet, excercise, emotional support and in some cases, diet supplements.Start by learning about and mapping out a low-carb diet you can live with. You can use the resources below to get more information on finding a low-carb diet you can live with. Develop an exercise program that results in at least 15 minutes of activity each day - walking, running, swimming are all good.Set realistic goals. Rapid weight loss depends on your ability to focus on a disciplined mix of diet and exercise. By setting realistic goals, you will not become discouraged and lose your focus.Listen to your body. Though there are many rapid weight loss plans out there,...
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Frequent Brain Stimulation In Old Age Reduces Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease
2007-07-11 11:25:00
How often older adults read a newspaper, play chess, or engage in other mentally stimulating activities is related to the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.For the study, more than 700 people in Chicago with an average age of 80 underwent yearly cognitive testing for up to five years. Participants were part of the Rush Memory and Aging Project, a longitudinal study of more than 1,200 older people. Of the participants, 90 developed Alzheimer's disease. Researchers also performed a brain autopsy on the 102 participants who died.The study found that a cognitively active person in old age was 2.6 times less likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer's disease than a cognitively inactive person in old age. This association remained after controlling for past cognitive activity, lifetime socioeconomic status, and current social and physical activity.Researchers say the findings may be used to help prevent Alzheimer's disease."Alzheimer's disease is among the most feared consequ...
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A Simple 100 Calories A Day Can Be The Difference In Weight Maintenance Ver
2007-07-10 09:19:00
Weight Loss ManagementWhen you think about weight gain, you probably think overeating to excess or failing to get any activity. The reality is a simple 100 calories a day can make the difference in weight gain or loss.According to the University of California Wellness Letter, the average American gains about two pounds a year. Since every pound of body weight equals 3500 calories, two pounds translates into an extra 19 calories a day. Nineteen calories is easy to surpass so if you look at the overweight incidence it's feasible to think in terms of 100 extra calories on a daily basis. Making a change in your intake that equals 100 calories is very simple, try â??Water - packed tuna instead of oil - packedOne cup of whole grain cereal instead of twoTomato slices, lettuces leaves and pepper strips on a sandwich instead of mayoTwo cups of skim milk per day instead of two cups of whole milkA cup of low â?? fat, sugar free yogurt, instead of a doughnutA cup of water flavored with a lemon...
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Orlistat and Weight Management
2007-07-10 09:18:00
Diet and Weight Management When combined with diet, exercise and behavioral therapy, orlistat, a drug that decreases fat absorption, appears helpful for improving weight management in obese adolescents, compared with placebo, according to an article in the June 15 issue of JAMA.Excess weight in adolescents is associated with increased risk of hyperlipidemia and type 2 diabetes, and its prevalence is increasing worldwide, according to background information in the article. In the United Stat es, the proportion of adolescents with a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile for age, a widely accepted definition of obesity in adolescents, has increased 15.5 percent to 23.4 percent in certain ethnic minorities. Overweight children are at a 15-fold greater risk of becoming overweight adults compared to children and adolescents not overweight. Pediatric obesity can be particularly difficult to treat, with long-term success depending on the type of therapy used. Orlistat is a gas...
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Protein Rich Diet Boosts Benefit of Exercise
2007-07-10 09:17:00
Protein Rich Diet ProgramEveryone knows that a good weight loss program combines diet and exercise, but a new University of Illinois study reports that exercise is much more effective when it's coupled with a protein rich diet."There's an additive, interactive effect when a protein-rich diet is combined with exercise. The two work together to correct body composition; dieters lose more weight, and they lose fat, not muscle," said Donald Layman, a U of I professor of food science and human nutrition.A higher-carbohydrate, lower-protein diet based on the USDA food guide pyramid actually reduced the effectiveness of exercise, Layman said.Forty-eight adult women participated in Layman's 4-month study, published in the August 2005 issue of the Journal of Nutrition. One group ate a protein-rich diet designed to contain specific levels of leucine, one of the essential amino acids. A second group consumed a diet based on the food guide pyramid, which contained higher amounts of carbohydr...
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Are You in the Right Frame of Mind for Weight Loss?
2007-07-10 09:17:00
Weight Loss ProgramLosing weight and keeping it off means developing a program that is easy to follow, enjoyable and adaptable to your lifestyle.Before you pick a weight loss program, make sure you are ready to change your eating and exercise habits. Ask yourself the following questions about weight loss:Are you willing to make regular physical activity a part of your routine?Are you committed to making small gradual changes in your eating plan?Do you have a realistic weight loss goal in mind?Can you control your food choices and meal preparation methods?Are you losing weight to improve your health and feel better?If you answered yes to all of these questions, congratulations. You are ready to adopt a weight loss program that you can comfortably follow and maintain for a lifetime. Now, take the next step and contact a dietetics professional for expert help. For more information, visit the American Dietetic Association at www.eatright.org
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Black and Low Income Women Need Tailored Weight Loss Programs
2007-07-10 09:16:00
Weight Loss Programs Weight loss programs need to be race and income specific because weight control experiences are far different between black and white women and affluent and poor women, according to a recent study.Researchers put together focus groups made up of obese women and divided by race and socioeconomic status. They found most of the women had been able to lose weight in the past, but they failed to keep it off. The white women surveyed said physical activity was their key to weight-loss success, while the black women put more emphasis on food choices. Black women in particular said weight loss programs that incorporated spiritual and psychological support would be helpful. And the low-income women surveyed said cost had been a barrier to effective weight loss for them. The study's authors said this points to a need to promote "creative strategies that educate low-[income] women on cost-effective ways to eat healthy and engage in physical activity..."Black and low-income...
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Robotic Technique Shows Promise In Weight Loss Surgery
2007-07-10 09:14:00
Weight Loss SurgerySurgeons at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a safe and efficient way to use a surgical robot to perform gastric bypass operations. Their report, published in the August issue of the Archives of Surgery, documents the first totally robotic technique to complete this technically challenging procedure.The method, developed by associate professor of surgery Myriam Curet, MD, is an improvement on a more conventional technique called laparoscopic surgery. In both instances, specialized tools with cameras attached are inserted through small holes in the patient's body. But while traditional laparoscopic tools are held in the surgeon's hand, the robotic tools are operated remotely from a control station."It makes the surgery easier," said Curet, noting that the da Vinci robotic surgical system, manufactured by Intuitive Surgical Inc. in Sunnyvale, Calif., offers several advantages over hand-held laparoscopic tools. For example, it has a 3-D cam...
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Calcium Rich Diets and Girls' Weight
2007-07-10 09:14:00
Diet and Weight LossThere are various diet programs and plans in the media that we hear all the time such as Atkins diet, South Beach Diet, Zone Diet, Cabbage Diet and more. However, it is important to look to see how much nutrients each diet program provides while helping to lose weight or maintain good weight loss. See below an interesting statistics about calcium rich diet.According to a recent study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers at Creighton University found that girls who followed a calcium rich diet, including dairy foods and calcium-fortified foods, did not experience greater increases in body weight or body mass index compared with girls on their usual diet.The research also showed that average calcium intake for girls 9 to 13 years old is 69 percent of the recommended level and only 55 percent for girls ages 14 to 18.According to the study, girls who consumed the calcium rich diet "significantly improved their overall nutritional intake"...
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Can Nuts Equal Weight Loss?
2007-07-10 09:13:00
Weight Loss and Nuts While we search for various natural weight loss programs or a weight loss diet that is fast and quick people sometimes follow stereotypes. One of them is using nuts in a weight loss diet program.Despite nuts being high in fat and calories, new research indicates that nuts can also aid in weight loss.Researchers at Purdue University have found that adding almonds to a calorie-controlled weight loss program can assist in weight loss. Although the study was short-term and small in sample size, it does demonstrate that people were able to eat nuts and control or lose weight.How nuts control weight loss?The mechanism is still unclear, but the researchers think that the fat content in nuts may promote satiety, the feeling that you are full, or the protein in nuts may burn more calories during digestion.Nuts are high in calories but are also cholesterol-free and they provide good sources of protein, phosphorus, zinc, magnesium, vitamin E and selenium. In small portions...
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New Study Reinforces Dairy's Value in Reduced Calorie Diet
2007-07-10 09:11:00
Low Calor ie Diet Researchers Found that Adults in Year-Long Study Lost Weight with DairyYou don't need to cut dairy from your diet to achieve weight loss success, suggests a new study published in the August issue of Obesity Research.Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that obese adults can include up to 4 servings of dairy foods per day in a low calorie diet, combined with moderate exercise, and still lose a significant amount of weight and body fat.This new randomized clinical trial compared the weight loss results of 72 obese adults following three different reduced-calorie diets: a "high-dairy" diet that included 4 servings of dairy foods (milk, yogurt or cheese) each day; a "high-dairy/high fiber/low glycemic index" diet that included 4 servings of dairy each day; and a "moderate-dairy" or standard diet that included 2 servings of dairy foods each day.After nearly one year (48 weeks), the participants in all three groups experienced significant weight loss and body fat loss, ...
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Considering a Popular Diet Plan? For The Sake of Your Health, Check It Out
2007-07-10 09:11:00
Popular Diet Plan sDiet books routinely top the best-seller lists, and new plans come out seemingly every day. Do they work? Will any of them be right for you?If you are considering one or more popular diets or exercise plans, you owe it to yourself and your health to make sure their claims are valid. Ask yourself: Does the diet plan...Promise a quick fix?Encourage or require you to stop eating certain foods, food groups or products?Rely on a single study as the basis for its recommendations?Contradict recommendations of reputable health organizations?Identify "good" and "bad" foods?Just sound too good to be true?If you answered yes to any of these questions, keep looking, for a plan that is backed by solid science, lets you keep eating your favorite foods and allows for flexibility.Keep in mind: Your best source for help in making healthful changes to your diet is a dietetics professional with the training and expertise to help you develop an eating plan that is right for you. Visit...
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Health benefits of beauty treatment
2007-07-03 11:54:00
Pioneering medical research is going on at the University of Leicester into the use of Botulinum toxin - commonly thought of as a beauty treatment ? for bladder problems.Dr Douglas Tincello, Senior Lecturer at the University's Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine and Consultant Gynaecologist at the Leicester General Hospital, is carrying out a randomised trial involving injecting botulinum toxin into the bladders of women who have overactive bladder disease.The trial, which has received a grant of £158,000 from the Moulton Charitable Trust, involves women whose conditions have not improved after tablet treatment.Overactive bladder is a condition in which the bladder tries to empty itself, rather than the patient retaining control. Symptoms include having to pass water very often day and night, not being able to put off the need to do so, sudden urgency to pass water and sometimes incontinence.The botulinum toxin relaxes the bladder muscle so it cannot squeeze so hard...
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Fashionable and Stylish: Do They Go Together?
2007-07-03 11:53:00
Fashion and style. Do they mean one and the same thing?According to specialists in the field, fashion is actually a synonym for style or glamour. It has been agreed on the fact that fashion is a way of personal expression, and according to this criteria, one can be fashionable when he/she fits in this expression mode, or unfashionable, which would be the opposite. Fashion has manifestations in all the fields of human activity, that is when can speak about fashion when we refer to topics such as architecture, clothing, music, cosmetics, entertainment, forms of speech or even politics or technology. Anything in these fields can be described as being fashionable or not. When one speaks about materialism or trend s using the term 'fashion', it can be associated with a negative meaning.Most people today perceive fashion as a term referring mostly to clothes. The beginnings of what we call fashion today did actually refer to clothes and they go back as far as the sixteenth century. Howe...
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Smoking linked with aging on skin that usually is not exposed to sunlight
2007-07-03 11:53:00
In classic movies, cigarette smoking was used as shorthand to convey sultriness and beauty. In the real world, the connection between smoking and one's appearance ? as many studies have shown ? has more to do with premature signs of skin aging and less to do with glamour and refinement.A new study from the University of Michigan Health System adds another dimension to the link between cigarette smoking and skin damage. The study suggests that smoking may be associated with a higher degree of aging on areas of skin, such as that of the inside of the upper arm, that are not normally exposed to sunlight."We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun, and found that the total number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and the total years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced," says Yolanda R. Helfrich, M.D., lead author and assistant professor of dermatology at the U-M Medical School. The study appears in the March issue of ...
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TV's beauty makeovers mask ugly truths
2007-07-03 11:53:00
From drooping eyelids and sagging breasts to cleft palates and stained teeth, the makeover experts on the ABC reality show Extreme Makeover have never met a physical imperfection they couldn't correct.Philosophy professor Cressida Heyes argues that, for all the beautification that takes place on the show, there are some ugly truths at its core.The cosmetic surgery makeover show is relatively new to the TV landscape. Heyes, a University of Alberta professor who has published an analysis of Extreme Makeover in Feminist Media Studies, says viewers should be attuned to the values being promoted by these shows.Radical makeover programs like Extreme Makeover, The Swan and Ten Years Younger sell the idea that cosmetic surgery is not about vanity but about uncovering your "authentic self." Heyes argues that they are actually working hard to enforce conformity to society's ideals regarding gender, age, class and race.
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Physicians may be obstacles to breast reconstruction
2007-07-03 11:46:00
Significant differences in plastic surgery referral practices by general surgeons treating newly diagnosed breast cancer patients partially explain the low rates of breast reconstructive surgery in the United States, according to a new study. Published in the May 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that only one quarter of general surgeons refer most breast cancer patients for a reconstruction consultation at the time of treatment planning.Despite the fact that insurance covers the procedure, only 16 percent of breast cancer patients treated with a mastectomy receive breast reconstruction in the US. Studies have shown that age and race predict low rates of this reconstructive procedure. However, studies also suggest that healthcare providers have an impact on utilization through their referral and information sharing practices.Dr. Amy Alderman from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and co-investigators surveyed 45...
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Presence Of Hair In Skin Lesion Does Not Make It Benign
2007-07-03 11:46:00
Skin Lesions and Hair The presence of one or more hairs in a pigmented skin lesion does not guarantee that it is benign, according to a report in the March Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology."The presence of hair in a pigmented lesion should not automatically mean that the lesion under investigation is benign," Dr. Ashfaq A. Marghoob from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York told Reuters Health. "One needs to evaluate the primary morphology of the lesion in question and base one's decision on that."Dr. Marghoob and associates sought to dispel the myth of the "benign hair sign" by reporting 3 cases of melanocytic lesions that showed terminal hairs on clinical and dermoscopic evaluation, but in which the final diagnosis was invasive melanoma.In all 3 cases, terminal hair shafts could be clearly seen to protrude from the tumor, the authors report. Nevertheless, clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological examination confirmed the presence of invasive melanoma."...
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Stem Cells... The Promise Of Skin Rejuvenation
2007-07-03 11:46:00
Skin Rejuvenation Ever since the rumor about a stem cell-based mystery skin cream first raised its head in early 2005, Amatokin quickly became the most controversial and most sought-after anti-aging cream in the world.Savvy consumers across Europe and America were desperately seeking Amatokin. And as you might expect, U.S. retailers were clamoring to be the first to bring Amatokin to America.Until then, a very limited supply of Amatokin is being made available to select Bloomingdale's customers at the 59th Street location only."Bloomingdale's convinced Voss Laboratories they were the leaders in skin-care innovation," explained Heather Hurst, spokesperson for Voss Laboratories. "They were one of the first to carry StriVectin(R), the stretch-mark cream tuned anti-wrinkle phenomenon, as well as Lumedia(TM) Facial Brightener. Once again Bloomingdale's is on the cutting edge with the launch of Amatokin."Bloomingdale's is very pleased to be the first to introduce Amatokin in the United...
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Industry To Regulate Non-Surgical Cosmetic Treatments
2007-07-03 11:45:00
Cosmetic SurgeryLord Hunt announced that the Department of Health has asked the cosmetic surgery industry to work on improving safety in the cosmetic use of botulinum toxin and dermal fillers.The Independent Healthcare Advisory Services (IHAS), which count many of the major cosmetic surgery providers as members, have accepted the Government's invitation to take the lead in setting up a self-regulatory scheme.The IHAS will now begin to draw up proposals for a self-regulatory scheme covering cosmetic treatments including the botulinum toxnion and dermal fillers.Health Minister Lord Hunt said: "Cosmetic surgery providers have shown real commitment to improving levels of quality and safety in this area and so I have decided to ask the industry to take the lead in further improving standards. I am very pleased that they have accepted this challenge."Lord Hunt also announced that a review to examine levels of quality and safety would be undertaken once the self-regulatory scheme had been...
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