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Stern Seeks Inheritance for Dannielynn (E! Online)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

According to Howard K. Stern, where there’s a will, there’s a way…to establish a sole heir to Anna Nicole Smith’s estate. The onetime lawyer and companion to the late model filed a motion…

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TEI Biosciences Launches SurgiMend(TM) Collagen Matrix for Soft Tissue Reconstruction (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

TEI Biosciences Inc. announces the launch of its SurgiMend Collagen Matrix for Soft Tissue Reconstruction product. TEI has received 510 clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market SurgiMend for expanded use in plastic and reconstructive surgery, including breast reconstruction, and for tendon augmentation, in addition to the previously cleared hernia repair and muscle flap …

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Transgender Woman, IRS Fight over Tax Deduction (NPR)

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Rhiannon O’Donnabhain, a transgender woman, is suing the IRS for the right to claim her sex-change operation as a medical deduction on her income taxes. But the IRS says the surgery was essentially cosmetic and not allowed under tax law.

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TEI Biosciences gets FDA OK for expanded use of product (BizJournals)

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

TEI Biosciences Inc. said Wednesday it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market SurgiMend, the company’s soft tissue reconstruction product.

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• Top 5 Breast Enlargement Pill Brands Today (Turks.US)

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Women in search of an alternative to breast enlargement surgery are trying herbal pills today, often without realizing that there may be little-to-no evidence about the safety of breast enhancement pills.

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Transumbilical Breast Augmentation — A Continued Success for Dr. Schusterman (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Dr. Mark Schusterman, Houston plastic surgeon, has successfully performed 53 Transumbilical Breast Augmentations since he began offering this procedure to his patients in October 2006.

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LiLo’s partying may have broken the bank (MSNBC)

Monday, October 15th, 2007

She may be clean and sober, but a recent report in News of the World claims Lindsay Lohan faces a new challenge – getting out of debt! After checking out of the Cirque Lodge, lil’ LiLo is so cash-poor from the high cost of drugs and rehabilitation, she’s staying in a guest house owned by executive producer and billionaire financier Tom Gores.

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1m Britons plan cosmetic surgery (Channel 4)

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Nearly one million Britons are collectively planning to borrow £1.4 billion to pay for plastic surgery.

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Procedures already performed overseas (Boston Herald)

Monday, October 15th, 2007

There are several variations on the emerging use of fat-derived stem cells for breast augmentation. Cellport Clinic Yokohama, Japan Dr. Kotaro Yoshimura separates…

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Treatment a ‘gray area’ for FDA (Boston Herald)

Monday, October 15th, 2007

The breast augmentation of the future may rely on stem cells and not silicone, but for now an emerging science presents a “gray area” for the Food and Drug Administration,…

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