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BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
June Thomas |
Book Review: American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection A Middlebury College sociologist explores how Reagan's trickle-down economics made plastic surgery accessible to lower-income Americans, who took on debt to pay for makeovers   |
AskMen.com
Austin Silver |
Celebrities & Cosmetic Surgery What is happening in today's society? It seems that the most fashionable thing among celebrities is plastic surgery. Everything from tummy tucks and chin implants to eye lifts and breast implants have taken effect more than ever. |
Health
December 2007
Lisa Lombardi |
Gynos Removing Wrinkles? Health investigates how the cosmetic-surgery boom is changing the face of doctors' offices everywhere. |
AskMen.com
Jake Brennan |
Why Are Men Getting Cosmetic Surgery? Among the top cosmetic surgeries performed on men in 2003, reduction of gynecomastia, or abnormally large male breasts, ranked fourth. Learn what else men are having done. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2011
Susan Karlin |
Weight Loss Surgery as Systems Engineering Plastic surgeon Gary Horndeski's new surgical techniques decrease appetite |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2008
Kristin Graham |
Best International Stock: Syneron Medical A quick summary of Israeli medical device maker Syneron, a company that could keep you and your portfolio both looking young and healthy. |
Science News
February 26, 2000 |
Surgery Guide Web site on surgical procedures. |
Health
January 5, 2010
Susan Hall |
Thinking About Cosmetic Surgery? Here's How to Get a Better Nip or Tuck We reveal what it's like to have the three most popular procedures and whether those money-saving alternatives people talk about are worth it. |
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005 |
A Coronary Conundrum Four medical experts weigh in on whether heart surgery prolongs patients' lives or only relieves suffering. |
Health
July 2007
Curt Pesmen |
The Scary Truth About Surgery The 5 operations you don't want to get and what to do instead. |
Fast Company
Jason Feifer |
Kim Kardashian Isn't The Only Person To Write A Book About Selfies -- But Hers Will Actually Sell The conclusion is clear: Books about selfies are mostly written to make money off the word "selfie," not to provide value to people who buy books. |
AskMen.com
July 28, 2015
Tyson Lowrie |
How To Tell If You Have A Bad Surgeon A new study by ProPublica, a patients' advocacy group, makes a damning claim: a relatively small number of surgeons are causing a disproportionate amount of complications, botched surgeries and occasionally deaths. |
Health
January 2008 |
Should You get a Tummy Tuck? Surgery can help, but it won't replace exercise |
Managed Care
January 2006
Catherine M. Murphy-Barron |
Can We Design a Fair Benefit For Bariatric Surgery? Insurers need a coverage strategy that focuses on reducing post-surgical complications and avoiding adverse selection. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2001 |
What Should I Know About Refractive Surgery? What is refractive surgery?... Who gets refractive surgery?... What are the different kinds of refractive surgery?... Are PRK and LASIK right for me?... What should I think about before I decide to have refractive surgery?... |
Salon.com
August 7, 2000
Miranda Lee |
Call me plexi-babe I was a guinea pig for a plastic surgery study. |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
Male Plastic Surgery If you're thinking about surgical body modifications, keep reading. The following procedures can be performed in a matter of hours by a skilled plastic surgeon. |
Fast Company
November 2010
Susan Evans |
Exporting Your Plastic Surgery: Lifescience Alley Conference and Expo The number of people jumping on a plane to go under the knife is surging - in the U.S. alone, medical tourism is growing 35% each year. Plastic surgery, which makes up one-third of these trips, will be much discussed at this Minneapolis expo. Here, we look at where people go to get pretty. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Of Robots and Rocket-Powered Returns Intuitive Surgical is a stock that meets your need for speed and security, all at once. |
Managed Care
March 2007 |
Competition Wins Over Centralization Insurers who recommend a particular provider or health care organization to a patient considering a surgical procedure need to determine how complex the procedure is and how frequently the surgeon performs the procedure. |
Delicious Living
February 2005
Jean Weiss |
The Plastics Conundrum How does using plastic really affect us? Who knows. |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004
Michael Arndt |
New Knees, No Big Deal Minimally invasive surgery uses smaller incisions, spares muscles and tendons, requires less medication, and gets patients up and out fast. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2009
Devon Rackle |
An Intuitively Obvious Buy Virtually limitless growth, a monopolistic position, and a cheap valuation all make Intuitive Surgical a compelling opportunity. |
BusinessWeek
March 14, 2005
Carol Marie Cropper |
The Robot Is In -- And Ready To Operate More and more surgeries -- from prostate to heart -- are being performed by doctors remotely guiding robotic arms. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Intuitive Surgical's Beating Heart Investors, there are a lot of reasons to like Intuitive Surgical. Better software will continue to improve surgeons' performance levels in meeting the demanding requirements of cardiovascular surgery. |
Fast Company
January 2004
Lucas Conley |
Face Value: Does the Boss do Botox? Fast Company and Houston plastic surgeon Dr. Franklin Rose read between the lines of some familiar faces. |
Civil War Times
August 19, 2004
Alfred Jay Bollet |
The Truth About Civil War Surgery If you think Civil War surgeons were ill-trained sawbones who loved to amputate -- usually without anaesthesia -- you need to read this! |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008 |
Wall Street Competes For Transgender Talent Major wirehouse firms all offer special benefits to employees who want to undergo sex-change surgery. |
American Journal of Nursing
May 2008
Jacobson et al. |
Patients' Perspectives on Total Knee Replacement Patients' perspectives on total knee replacement (TKR) surgery have rarely been the topic of research. This study sought to describe their pre- and postoperative experiences. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2006
Rosen & Hannaford |
Doc at a Distance Robot surgeons promise to save lives in remote communities, war zones, and disaster-stricken areas. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2006
Querna & Fischman |
Good Medical Help Close to Home, Part 2 Community hospitals can provide care on par with any of the glittery big-name centers. Finding out if your local hospital is up-to-snuff requires some homework. Here are the major factors in judging the quality of care, courtesy of U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2006
Querna & Fischman |
Good Medical Help Close to Home Your local hospital might be just as good as any glittery big-name center. Finding out if your local hospital is up to snuff requires some homework. Here are the major factors in judging the quality of care, courtesy of U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
GE's Plastic Surgery The shift away from the plastics business toward diagnostics is risky. Bottom line: The conglomerate could be paying a lot for something that isn't really needed, and it would be better off just trying to take better care of its existing business. |
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005
John Carey |
Is Heart Surgery Worth It? Physicians are questioning whether bypasses and angioplasties necessarily prolong patients' lives. |
Salon.com
June 8, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Sucked company Feed and Suck are the latest casualties of the dot-com downturn, but co-editor in chief Steven Johnson vows to bring them back from the dead... |
Health
July 2007
Curt Pesmen |
Surgery to Avoid #5: Lower-Back Surgery Endoscopic or the traditional lumbar-disc repair surgeries relieve lower-back pain in 85 to 90 percent of cases, but there may be easier solutions. |
Reason
May 2009
Ronald Bailey |
Hips Abroad Medical outsourcing |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Rare Surgeries Step aside Hollywood, the following are a few exciting and rare surgeries. Unlike their made-for-TV spin-offs, however, these rare surgeries are real. |
Fast Company
September 2008
Chuck Salter |
Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports James Andrews has treated thousands of athletes in his 35-year career. Our list features 62 Hall of Famers, all-stars, and up-and-comers who were his patients. |
