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Avoiding the painkiller-overuse rut in migraines
WASHINGTON - Those pain pills you think help your migraines? Take too many and you could make them worse. Overusing painkillers can spin migraine patients into a rut, spurring more headaches that in turn require more pain medication. A very unlucky fraction even get what's called chronic migraine, where they're in pain more days than not, and new research suggests certain prescription painkillers, including narcotics, increase that risk.
Nations:U.S. People:Albert Einstein Source:(AP)
2008-12-22
Youthfulness an American obsession - at what cost?
LAS VEGAS - It's one of those photos that make you do a double-take. Dr. Jeffry Life stands in jeans, his shirt off. His face is that of a distinguished-looking grandpa; his head is balding, and what hair there is is white. But his 69-year-old body looks like it belongs to a muscle-bound 30-year-old.
Nations:U.S. Sweden
2008-12-07
FDA panel:Tell consumers about facial filler risks
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of thousands of baby boomer women who think they've found an antidote to aging in cosmetic facial fillers must be better informed of possible risks, government health advisers said Tuesday.
Source:(AP)
2008-11-18
As economy sags, faces do too, cosmetic docs say
CHICAGO - The economy isn't the only thing that's sagging -- so are faces, breasts and bellies as would-be cosmetic surgery patients increasingly opt against costly nips and tucks because of tough financial times.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Recession Source:(AP)
2008-10-03
Stem Cells Could Replace Plastic Surgery
Silicone breast implants and botox could one day be things of the past thanks to promising new techniques that would allow doctors to work plastic surgery miracles using only a patient's own stem cells.
2008-06-24
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