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FDA: Breast implants can cause rare type of cancer

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that breast implants can cause a rare form of cancer. The agency is currently reviewing more than 350 reports it has received that link both saline and silicone breast implants with anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The FDA reports that there have already been nine deaths linked to the breast implants.

According to national statistics, breast implants is the second most popular cosmetic surgery. Liposuction is number one. There are more than 300,000 procedures performed each year.

In 2011, the FDA concluded that half of all women who get implants after a mastectomy and 20 percent of women who get implants for cosmetic reasons need to have the implants removed within 10 years.

It was also the same year that the FDA began receiving reports about the possible link between ALCL and breast implants. As the agency was investigating the increasing number of reports being filed, the World Health Organization (WHO) also began to study the possible link. WHO has confirmed that breast implants cause ALCL in a recently published report.

According to both the FDA and the WHO report, it can take approximately 10 years after an implant procedure for the cancer to begin developing. Typically, the cancer stays in the area of the implant, but it can break out and metastasize.

The FDA reports that there appears to be more of risk of developing the cancer for women who received textured implants compared to smooth implants. The first indication there may be an issue is if pain and swelling develops. Treatment involves removing the implants and following up with radiation and chemotherapy.

Upon hearing of the FDA announcement, Attorney Boyk commented, “There have been so many medical issues over the past several years for women who have had implants, including cancers and autoimmune diseases. Any woman who is considering this surgery really needs to do through research and find out all the risks truly involved. Anyone who has had issues with breast implants, or any other type of medical device, should seek medical treatment right away.”

Woman dies during cosmetic procedure by doctor accused of multiple malpractice cases

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If you really must have this kind of cosmetic surgery, for God’s sake, do a little research. And don’t go to a freestanding clinic that’s not in a hospital!

In April, after a year-long investigation, the Florida Board of Medicine revoked the license of a Miami doctor for seriously injuring four different patients in 2015 while performing a procedure known as the “Brazilian butt lift” and liposuction surgeries. But a judge overrode that decision and the doctor continued to practice. Two months later, on the same day the Florida Court of Appeals denied a requires from the board to stop the doctor from doing liposuctions, a 30-year female patient died in his clinic while he was performing an undisclosed procedure.

When emergency responders arrived at the Doral clinic, the doctor was performing CPR on the Illinois woman. She had stopped breathing in the middle of the procedure. She was pronounced dead a short time later at the Kendall Regional Medical Center.

During liposuction, fat is removed through a surgical incision with a metal rod. The rod is plunged in and out of the patient. The doctor advertises his specialty as the Brazilian butt lift, transferring the fat that is removed from parts of the body to the patient’s buttocks.

In May 2015, he perforated the organs of two different patients with the metal rod and caused two other patients to develop serious infections from the liposuction.

In addition to the complaints and investigation by the board, the state health department has also sought to stop the doctor from performing liposuctions. They have charged him with repeated medical malpractice. Despite the numerous restrictions and revocations of his medical license, the decisions are always overturned and he goes right back to operating.

There is also at least one malpractice suit that has been filed against the doctor. The plaintiff in that case had gone to the doctor for breast augmentation and revision surgery. Shortly after the surgery, the woman began vomiting blood and developed excruciating pain. Other complications developed and the doctor did a second surgery four months later to fix the issues. But it didn’t work.

Upon hearing of the patient’s death, Attorney Domnick said, “This goes beyond appalling. The fact that the court continues to let this man practice is unacceptable. Had they not overruled the board, this woman would still be alive.”

This sounds about right

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A cure!

Psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, could make people feel more connected to nature and less likely to endorse authoritarian views, according to new research from the Psychedelic Research Group at Imperial College London.

The new study, published in the journal Psychopharmacology, is the first to provide experimental evidence that psilocybin treatment can lead to lasting changes in these attitudes.

Study authors Taylor Lyons and Robin L. Carhart-Harris write that “our findings tentatively raise the possibility that given in this way, psilocybin may produce sustained changes in outlook and political perspective, here in the direction of increased nature relatedness and decreased authoritarianism.”

‘The problem child of seasonal flu’: Beware this winter’s virus

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Repeated influenza vaccination helps prevent severe flu in older adults

People in public health hate H3N2 flu seasons, like the one gripping most of North America right now. So do folks who work in hospitals and in the care facilities that look after the elderly. To put it flatly, H3N2 is the problem child of seasonal flu. It causes more deaths than the other influenza A… Continue reading “‘The problem child of seasonal flu’: Beware this winter’s virus” →