The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), the leading national organization of board-certified plastic surgeons who specialize in cosmetic surgery, offers its predictions for cosmetic surgery in 2009. Predictions are based on interviews with leading plastic surgeons around the country.
1. Aesthetic Medicine has seen a dramatic increase in the diversity of the patients treated […]

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By Roy Klein
Ever read Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World? Written in 1932, it’s about a chemically engineered utopian society where citizens take a mood-enhancing drug called Soma (i.e., a “happy pill”) so they’ll be content all the time. One of the author’s points was that perpetual bliss is not a good thing. We […]

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By Greg Tamblyn
Dining in the Dark: Scary Fun
We are invited to a swank hotel lobby, given beverages, finger food, and aprons. An excellent musician plays piano in the background. Lots of upscale people are milling around, waiting, like us. Finally, a chef from California instructs us to line up according to table numbers, and to […]

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By Craig Burton
Meditation is one of the most powerful tools for transformation. Unfortunately for many conventional people it is a “bit too out there,” so it is put in a box only to be used by the likes of martial artists and yogis. I believe meditation however need not be put in a box for […]

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By Gary Geyer

There’s a new study from the National Institute of Health and you’re not going to like it. Then again, maybe you won’t care one way or the other.
In a nutshell
The bad news is, as we age is we don’t experience the highs we once did. The good news is that we don’t […]

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As reported on CNN Money.com
Source: Life expectancy stats from consultant Bert Sperling of BestPlaces.net, Centers for Disease Control.

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By: David Cowley
Today’s market contains many popular treatments for the anti aging process. You can buy a verity of minerals, vitamins, ointments, and lotions in the effort to look and feel younger. Some will provide some benefits and others will just drain your pocketbook. It is important to know and understand the effects of any […]

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Introduction
There are many terms used to describe approaches to health care that are outside the realm of conventional medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. (medical doctor) or D.O. (doctor of osteopathy) degrees and by their allied health professionals such as physical therapists, psychologists, and registered nurses. as practiced in the […]

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By Joel Block, Ph.D.
Lily ruminates about her failed marriage, beating herself up for mistakes she’s made and opportunities she’s missed.
Tom, a recovering alcoholic, obsesses about the years he lost to booze and castigates himself for the people he hurt and the relationships he damaged.
For Lily and Tom, both in the third act of […]

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By Roy Klein
Forget about those silly fashion trends. Pop culture icons? They’re a dime a dozen. And the hula hoop, yo-yo and Rubic’s cube were mere child’s play. The hottest craze around these days is illness. That’s right. It’s become de rigeure to be sick. But not any run of the mill sickness will do. […]

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