Face-Transplant Patient 'Satisfied'
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A French woman who two years ago became the first person to receive a face transplant has recovered with remarkably good aesthetic results and has gradually regained normal skin sensation and control of her facial muscles, doctors reported yesterday in the first detailed account of her progress.
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Transplantation of pigment-producing cells called melanocytes appears to be a safe and effective treatment for vitiligo, in which patches of skin lose their coloration, appearing whitish, according to two reports in the Archives of Dermatology.
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A woman undergoing cancer treatment has had an ovary transplanted into her left arm, it was revealed today. Despite its unusual new location, the ovary is said to be functioning normally.
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Â· One patient a day dies waiting for a transplant Â· BMA backs idea, but other groups voice concerns
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An Irish government minister thanks a surgeon who noticed a tumour on his face during a TV appearance.
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LONDON - A German man was able to chow down on a brastwurst sandwich after surgeons grew a new jaw bone on his back muscle and transplanted the bone to his mouth.
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One of four brothers diagnosed with a rare disease is re-admitted to hospital following a transplant.
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The world's first partial face transplant patient can now go out without people noticing her scars, says her surgeon.
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There has been a big increase in the number of people undergoing cosmetic plastic surgery.
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Seven months after receiving the world&#039;s first partial face transplant, a French woman continues to improve, doctors said in the first detailed account of her surgery, published Monday with dramatic before-and-after pictures.
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The Cleveland Clinic in the United states says it is the first institution to receive review board approval of human facial transplant for someone severely disfigured by burns or disease.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A team of doctors from Louisville and the Netherlands say in a new medical journal article that they are ready to perform a face transplant.
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A WOMAN undergoing cancer treatment has had one of her ovaries transplanted into her left arm, it was revealed yesterday. Despite its unusual new location, the ovary is said to be functioning normally.
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky  -- A team of doctors from Louisville and the Netherlands say in a new medical journal article that they are ready to perform a face transplant, a procedure considered controversial by some medical ethicists.    "There arrives a point in time when the procedure should simply be done...
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THURSDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- Most people in the United States who have LASIK surgery are satisfied with the results, according to a 15-year review of clinical trials on the vision-correcting procedure.
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Eyes like Katie Holmes, the sultry pout of Angelina Jolie and a body like Jessica Biel make the perfect woman -- at least in the opinion of plastic surgery patients in Beverly Hills.
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According to Governor Rell&#39;s surgeon, the mastectomy/reconstructive surgery was successful and &quot;everything looks very good&quot;.