Doctors propose facial transplant
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A team of doctors in Kentucky and the Netherlands is preparing to perform the world&#39;s first face transplant. In an article in The American Journal of Bioethics, the doctors write, There arrives a point in time when the procedure should simply be done.
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Surgeons carry out the first full face reconstruction, including the nose, using a single flap of skin.
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Scientists say they have made a breakthrough in transplant technology that could help cure more people with diabetes.
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Patients are to get the chance to influence about Â£8,000 of the money received by their doctors surgery.
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Doctors from Kentucky and the Netherlands say they&#39;re ready to perform a face transplant as soon as they find an eligible candidate.
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Two doctors believe they have the cure for wrinkles - infra-red light therapy.
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Tissue banks that process donated skin, ligaments and bones for transplant must meet new federal safety standards aimed at preventing infection
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky  -- A team of doctors from Louisville and the Netherlands say in a new medical journal article that they are ready to perform a face transplant, a procedure considered controversial by some medical ethicists.    "There arrives a point in time when the procedure should simply be done...
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IMF delegates in Singapore get the chance to smooth wrinkled skin, following a local hospital's cut-price botox offer.
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Dentists have been carrying out botox treatment despite not being properly qualified, cosmetic surgeons say.
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Patients seeking an appointment with a dermatologist to ask about a potentially cancerous mole have to wait substantially longer than those seeking Botox for wrinkles.
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A reform of how the private cosmetic surgery industry is regulated and operated is to be unveiled.
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Â· One patient a day dies waiting for a transplant Â· BMA backs idea, but other groups voice concerns
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Paula Scardamalia has pins in her face &#151; nine tiny ones angling out near her eyes, mouth and jaw. The pins were poked in to tighten chin skin and erase lines on the 52-year-old woman's face. The practice, called facial acupuncture, is becoming popular as a sort of holistic alternative to trying to turn back time through toxins or surgery.
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Patients could be offered therapies such as acupuncture on the NHS under plans being considered by the assembly government.
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Medical research team believes units could be modified to 'print' new skin.
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The technology for human facial transplants exists, but ethicists are worried about using it.