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What Is Your Face Shape: Round, Square, Long, Heart or Oval?

Get the facts on how to measure your face to determine your true face shape. Find out if you have a round, oval, long, square or heart-shaped face.

Dr. Lindsey Hay Joins Boone County Family Medicine

BOONE, Iowa—The new member to the medical staff at Boone County Family Medicine has now begun her practice. The Boone County Hospital wants people to welcome J. Lindsey Hay, M.D., to the Boon…

How to Spot College Scholarship Scams

Be on the alert for scholarship scams. Learn how to be prepared and avoid false claims.

Find Out Your Face Shape Once and for All

Is It Indigestion or A Heart Attack?

The holiday season can sometimes lead to unhealthy behaviors. We indulge at holiday buffets, enjoy an extra cocktail, skip our regular exercise and stress about everything that needs to be done. Perhaps that’s why there’s an increase in heart-related deaths during the holiday season. After analyzing 25 years of data and 53-million U.S. death certificates, researchers discovered the correlation, with heart-breaking numbers peaking on Christmas, the…

Sticker shock: Secrets of hospital billing revealed

Hospital charges are closely guarded secrets, but not anymore. KRQE News 13 has compiled a first-ever comparison of actual patient charges from all 44 New Mexico hospitals. And what it shows is a b…

Top 15 Anti-Inflammatory Foods

In an anti-inflammatory diet, we primarily move away from the overly processed, unbalanced diets of the West and toward the ancient eating patterns.

Is Your Plastic Surgeon REALLY a Plastic Surgeon?

In this Plastic Surgery Secrets, learn why it's important to verify that your doctor is actually a board certified plastic surgeon, and not something else.

Find a Trusted and Reliable Plastic Surgeon

Making the decision to get plastic surgery is a very important one. Equally important is choosing a trusted and reliable plastic surgeon to perform...

Plastic surgery improves the health of many

Overdone cosmetic surgeries on celebrities give the field of plastic surgery a bad reputation, but plastic surgeons point out that a significant proportion of surgeries are to repair an injured or disfigured body part, such as reconstructive surgery after mastectomy. Women treated for breast cancer at UMass Memorial Healthcare System meet with a team of specialists, including an oncologist, a radiologist, a geneticist and a plastic surgeon, to determine the best course of treatment.

The face of plastic surgery becomes more masculine

The typical plastic surgery patient is ever more likely to be male as more men seek to improve their looks, writes plastic surgeon Jeff Weinzweig. The trend may be driven by a more competitive job market, an increased emphasis on "face to face" interaction online or a more self-conscious population, Weinzweig writes. Men seeking plastic surgery most often request liposuction, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty and gynecomastia correction, according…

Why Do They Call It Plastic Surgery?

Why is cosmetic surgery called "plastic" surgery? : originally appea...

Questions to ask before opting for plastic surgery

Making the decision to undergo plastic surgery should not be taken lightly, according to plastic surgeon Dr. Shayan Izaddoost. Here are some considerations one should take before committing to a procedure.

Difficult Plastic Surgery Questions You Should Ask

A consultation with a surgeon will help you decide if he is the right one for the job; however, you must be able to throw some difficult plastic surgery questions and get satisfying answers from him. If not, you must move on and find someone you are comfortable with<br>The list below shows some of the difficult plastic surgery questions that can help you choose the “right” doctor.<br>Photo Credit: Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net<br>What’s your complication and revision rate?<br>Your doctor must…

Who is Qualified to do Plastic Surgery?

Any licensed physician can call himself or herself a cosmetic surgeon, so the importance of finding a properly trained and certified provider is paramount. The goal of this post is help patients looking for a qualified plastic surgeon know what to ask and how to check on their prospective doctor. I encourage everyone considering cosmetic plastic surgery to spend as much time researching their doctor as their procedure.

Plastic Surgery: Is There Right or Wrong Reasons?

Board certified plastic surgeons discuss the reasons behind plastic surgery and when procedures can be a good thing, or a bad thing.

Google Glass in plastic surgery?

First plastic surgery procedure performed using Google Glass

Plastic surgery is a right. Right?

Plastic surgery for the poor is a right in Brazil. Doctors feel everyone is entitled to improve self-esteem.

Is teenage plastic surgery on the rise?

In a climate of selfies and social media, doctors report more teenagers are turning to plastic surgeons to help them feel better about themselves.

Is It a Good Idea to Research Your Plastic Surgery Online?

When someone is curious about plastic surgery, their first instinct is usually to go online for information. As helpful as this can be (and as much as every plastic surgeon wants their patients to …