Plastic Surgery Articles

Adult stem cells derived from human tissue may be the key to healing future injuries and disease. According to J. Peter Rubin, MD, member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Fat Grafting Task Force, there is great potential for healing serious conditions such as breast cancer, heart failure, spinal injuries diabetes and Parkinson’s disease through the use of stem cells taken from fat. Read more

A recent study reveals that binge eating in teenage girls and boys can be attributed to being teased by their peers at a young age. We have all been victims of child cruelty at some point or another, whether it is because of the clothes we wear, the way we act or even the way we look. Read more

There has been a great deal of commentary and analysis in the news lately about the issue of childhood obesity in the United States.  The operative statistic according to the Office of the Surgeon General is that one in three children (through adolescence) is either overweight or obese.  There is a difference in the terms: obese is at the top end of the overweight graph.  Definitions of these terms are based on the Body Mass Index (BMI) which provides average figures for the amount of body fat based on height and weight, for children from an infant age to eighteen. Read more