A particular challenge in clinical trials is recruiting potential participants. According to author Cher Zavala, there is a clear need to improve study recruitment rates — and the best way to do this is to use a multifaceted approach.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is reinforcing to commitment patient safety and ethical standards in light of concerns highlighted by a recent Los Angeles Times article, stressing the dangers of non-specialized physicians conducting cosmetic procedures and promoting the selection of board-certified plastic surgeons to mitigate such risks.
Below, Babak Azizzadeh, MD, chairman and director of the Center for Advanced Facial Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills, Calif., offers his expert predictions on aesthetic trends that will continue, emerge, or phase out in 2024.
As humans continue to lust after any number of material and immaterial objects, scientists are researching radical life extension technology like never before. Read on to learn about the great, the weird and the downright costly behind our quest for eternal existence, in OZY.
In addition to providing camouflage, the patches on the skin of the giraffe have a unique vascular structure that works to regulate body heat, reports a special topic paper in the September issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.