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Dr. Laris discusses restrictions on alcohol, exercise and aspirin, before and after undergoing hair transplant surgery.

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A new Facebook campaign is requesting giant U.S. toymaker, Mattel, to mass-produce a bald Barbie for girls and women who’ve lost their hair due to cancer and other illnesses. The campaign has ...

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Women use hair extensions for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they want a new longer look, or to add fullness to their hair, or they just want to try something that seems fun. However, the ...

I've gotten an inquiry from an EmpowHER member, and need your help to assist her. She sought a second opinion from a new urologist who has recommended the use of Botox injections to treat her ...

Scars are the inevitable result of any surgical procedure, but plastic surgery scars seem especially ironic. After all, whether it’s reconstructive or cosmetic surgery a patient is seeking, at ...

A Type 2 diabetes diet is working for those WITHOUT diabetes As retired health educator of 30 years I would like to pass on some of my mistakes that may help someone lose weight. Also I would ...

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Prostate cancer typically strikes males over the age of 50, the majority being over the age of 65. Currently, prostate cancer is monitored through regular testing of PSA (prostate-specific ...

Starting as a rectangle in the late 50s and becoming a pyramid throughout the 80s and 90s, the USDA has finally found a symbol for healthy eating that we can all truly associate with food: a ...

If some nutritional supplements or vitamins are good for you, then a lot must be really good for you, right? Not necessarily. You may be wasting your money on too many supplements and jeopardizing ...

News stories full of the benefits of antioxidants have many people searching store shelves for bottles of pills to fulfill their nutritional needs. While it’s true that antioxidants are good for ...

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This week, the Internet is buzzing about a horrifying story concerning a California mother giving her 8-year-old daughter Botox injections. In an interview with the London Sun newspaper, the ...

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Liposuction, which has been around since 1974, has been offered as an alternative to women who either want fat removed from a particular part of their body or who have dieted to their ideal weight ...

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Mammograms are x-rays that take images of the breast tissues. This helps see and locate normalcies and abnormalities in the anatomy of the internal tissues of the breast such as the presence of ...

Amid the usual noise about celebrity plastic surgery, gnashing of teeth over cosmetic surgeon marketing campaigns and debate over whether statistics are going up or down, it’s refreshing to hear ...

In the first part of our series on proper nutrition and exercise while trying to get pregnant we explored some of the reasons as to why a woman may have a difficult time. These included: poor ...

You may be one of the many who experienced a “what is this world coming to?” moment when you heard about the South Dakota girl who recently had cosmetic surgery on her ears. It was the ...

Considering the abundant hoopla about cosmetic surgery in the media, one might get the impression that “everyone” is going under the knife. Obviously, that’s not really the case. But if you have ...