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Last June, Glen Campbell stunned fans when he revealed in a press release that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. It was not an easy decision to go public with his private struggle, but his family felt it was a decision that needed to be made.

Bob Greene says cigarette makers fighting a mandate to show graphic warnings on packs have a compelling First Amendment argument.

We all want to think of medicine as an honorable profession and that the people in it work with integrity, but a new survey shows that may not be exactly true.

Beyond skateboards, Silicon Valley and hippies, California has a trendsetting streak of a different kind.

"I see here you'll be staying overnight," says the woman at the surgery check-in, fixing me with a soothing beam.

On the surface, it would seem as though the skin condition melasma (commonly referred to as the “mask of pregnancy”) and tattoos would have little in common. However, they both affect a person’s skin, can be quite difficult to treat or remove and, now, dermatologists are discovering new laser therapies which enhance treatment for both [...]

Maintaining or improving current fitness levels, as well as not packing on the fat pounds, are both independently associated with a lower risk of developing hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and hypercholesterolemia in healthy adults, research shows [1].”We know that people who exercise will lose weight and improve their fitness, but in the real world, […]

From its comprehensive hCG training to hands-on botox ® training, the first 2012 reviews from physicians for the IAPAM’s suite of training programs have been just been published. Physicians rate the IAPAM’s Botox ® Training and hCG Training as a “5 star value.”   Unanimously, physicians rave about the physician-lead training provided […]

One treatment procedure primed to propel facial aesthetic procedures forward with unique results and significant science. Irvine, California—February 2, 2012-Syneron Medical Ltd. (NASDAQ: ELOS), www.syneron.com, the global leader in medical aesthetic products and technology, announces the launch of evolastin(TM) – the industry’s first energy-based derm […]

World’s First Minimally Invasive Aesthetic Device for Cellulite Reduction Cynosure, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYNO) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Company’s Cellulaze™ Workstation for commercial distribution, giving millions of American women the first minimally invasive solution in their battle against cellulite. […]

To help healthcare providers help their overweight and obese patients, the IAPAM has lauched its hCG Physician Medical Weight Management Training. What makes the IAPAM’s hCG Protocol and Training Program the best in the industry is that it’s taught by a faculty who’ve actually done the hCG Protocol themselves! They will educate you on both sides [...]

Event Date: February 18, 19, 2012 Event Location: Toronto, Canada Presented by the International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine (IAPAM) presents the Botox Dermal Filler Bootcamp will give you two days of the most intensive hands-on cosmetic injectable training available in North America. This intensive 2 day Botox and Dermal Filler training […]

Event Date: February 17, 2012 Event Location: Toronto, Canada Presented by the International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine (IAPAM) presents the Advanced Dermal Filler Bootcamp will give you a day of advanced dermal filler procedure training. All attendees will perform Restylane/Perlane ® injections for cheek augmentation, tear trough treat […]

Presented by the IAPAM, the Aesthetic Practice Startup Workshop will prepare you for all the steps needed to add aesthetic medicine to your practice. This session is lead by medical spa industry expert, Jeff Russell, and will certainly help you avoid some of the common pitfalls of the medical spa / aesthetic medicine industry.  If [...]

Today, the IAPAM announced the completion of a new hCG Ask the Experts Questions and Answers e_book, containing over 100 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers from physicians administering the IAPAM’s Exclusive hCG Protocol.  The IAPAM’s NEW hCG Ask the Experts FAQ e_book is available to all IAPAM members who have completed the IAPAM’s res […]

Damage caused by a heart attack has been healed using stem cells gathered from the patient's own heart, according to doctors in the US.

Scientists have shown how some cells in the body can repel attacks from HIV by starving the virus of the building blocks of life.

An Italian court convicts a Swiss tycoon and a Belgian baron of negligence over some 2,200 asbestos-related deaths and sentences each of them to 16 years in jail.

Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice.

Drivers who use cannabis before driving double their chances of causing a collision, research suggests.

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