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Bariatric surgery in children- is it right? There has been a huge explosion of bariatric surgery as a weight loss technique in the US. I have operated on many such patients as a board certified...
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What Fever means after surgery Fever is a common indication from our body that the system is in imbalance. Normal body temperature is between 97.7 – 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit when taken at the mouth...
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Why plastic surgery causes jealousy in husbands I have written in the past on the psychological effects of plastic surgery and specifically cosmetic plastic surgery. Over the last few weeks though I...
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Thick scars after plastic surgery- hypertrophic scars One of the topics that I am constantly trying to explain to my cosmetic plastic surgery patients is the occurrence of hypertrophic scars. A...
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Checklists do not work for surgery A few years ago a a book came out that made a big splash called ” The checklist manifesto” by Dr. Atul Gawande. The premise of the book was that having checklist will...
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Google Glass the future in surgery Last week I was at the American society for aesthetic surgery (ASAPS) meeting in San Francisco. The Keynote speaker was the man in charge of Google glass marketing,...
View ArticleLatest Cosmetic surgery techniques 2014
The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic surgery meeting 2014 I was recently at the annual meeting of the American society for aesthetic plastic surgery (ASAPS) in San Francisco to see the latest...
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Saturated Fat is not bad for you in turns out Research showing saturated fat being bad wrong Some time in the 1980s was the first time I personally became aware of the touted “fact” that saturated fat...
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A few months ago the Flemish Government hired a firm to dissuade the public from going to google to look for their symptoms and signs. Invariably the results are ridiculous at best and only lead to...
View ArticleExercise no good for weight loss
I have written in past blogs about the futility of exercise as a weight reduction method. Here is a link to a previous blog; http://www.tavmd.com/2011/05/09/exercise-not-to-lose-weight/ Recently...
View ArticleBariatric surgery in children
Bariatric surgery in children- is it right? There has been a huge explosion of bariatric surgery as a weight loss technique in the US. I have operated on many such patients as a board certified...
View ArticleFever after plastic surgery
What Fever means after surgery Fever is a common indication from our body that the system is in imbalance. Normal body temperature is between 97.7 – 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit when taken at the mouth...
View ArticlePlastic surgery causes jealousy
Why plastic surgery causes jealousy in husbands I have written in the past on the psychological effects of plastic surgery and specifically cosmetic plastic surgery. Over the last few weeks though I...
View ArticleHypertrophic scars
Thick scars after plastic surgery- hypertrophic scars One of the topics that I am constantly trying to explain to my cosmetic plastic surgery patients is the occurrence of hypertrophic scars. A...
View ArticleSurgical checklists
Checklists do not work for surgery A few years ago a a book came out that made a big splash called ” The checklist manifesto” by Dr. Atul Gawande. The premise of the book was that having checklist will...
View ArticleGoogle Glass for plastic surgery
Google Glass the future in surgery Last week I was at the American society for aesthetic surgery (ASAPS) meeting in San Francisco. The Keynote speaker was the man in charge of Google glass marketing,...
View ArticleLatest Cosmetic surgery techniques 2014
The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic surgery meeting 2014 I was recently at the annual meeting of the American society for aesthetic plastic surgery (ASAPS) in San Francisco to see the latest...
View ArticleSaturated Fat is not bad?
Saturated Fat is not bad for you in turns out Research showing saturated fat being bad wrong Some time in the 1980s was the first time I personally became aware of the touted “fact” that saturated fat...
View ArticleDon’t Google it
A few months ago the Flemish Government hired a firm to dissuade the public from going to google to look for their symptoms and signs. Invariably the results are ridiculous at best and only lead to...
View ArticleExercise no good for weight loss
I have written in past blogs about the futility of exercise as a weight reduction method. Here is a link to a previous blog; http://www.tavmd.com/2011/05/09/exercise-not-to-lose-weight/ Recently...
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