If you thought Botox (Clostridium botulinum toxin type A) was going away, you were wrong. Doctors are trying to find new ways to use this “wonder” product and some plastic surgeons think they’ve got the new best thing: breast enhancement via Botox.

According to news reports out of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) annual meeting, injecting Botox into the pectoralis minor muscle in the chest, causes the back muscles to lift the breast, giving the appearance of aSource: Healthbolt RSS Feed

Being able to drop half your body weight for a run can take quite a bit of strain off your joints. People recovering from surgery or injuries can use the AlterG (Fremont, California) treadmill to do just that and get a good workout for their lower extremities muscles. The device is able to continuously pump air into a cavity enclosing the legs and helps lift a person a bit, thereby reducing effective weight. AlterG just released a new model, the M300, which costs a third of their previousSource: Medgadget RSS Feed

Cook Medical has been trying to educate physicians about company’s biologic grafts in order to spur wider adoption of these innovative materials for various surgical applications. To that end, this week at the 2009 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in Chicago, Cook is unveiling a new website, CookBiodesign.com, which is essentially a library for just about everything you’d want to learn about the firm’s biologics. From videos and animations demonstrating the use of Source: Medgadget RSS Feed

An openly gay Queens man is in a medically-induced coma after being viciously beaten on Sunday by two men shouting anti-gay slurs. An openly gay Queens man was clinging to life Sunday night after being brutally beaten by two hate-spewing attackers on a walk to a corner store, police and relatives said Sunday. Jack Price, 49, of College Point, who was set upon early Friday as he went for a pack of cigarettes, was breathing through tubes Sunday in the intensive care unit at Booth MemorialSource: Joe. My. God. RSS Feed

One of the world’s most authoritative medical texts for consumers, The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook, has now been released for the iPhone. The software has been developed by Merck in collaboration with Agile Partners, a software development company.

From the product page:

New York Times Bestseller

This application is based on the New York Times bestseller that has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. The Home Edition features contributions from more than 300Source: Medgadget RSS Feed

This comes from “Clinical Endocrinology News”, one of the monthly “newspapers” I receive and read. You would need to register to access the link to the article, but the following excerpts are important points that must be considered:
I made the decision to restrict my practice to diabetes from the start. There may come a day where I’ll have to reconsider that.
The following editorial (in red), written by Dr. I. Hirsch, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington inSource: JJS Diabetes RSS Feed

The golden spike (or, as Jill says and I wish I’d thought of this, “100 is the new 160″) has unleashed a crop of opinions in the general media on autism’s present and future impact — and, indeed, if the “real” numbers have risen at all.

“Autism is on the rise — or is it?’ wonders Newsweek (”The new data has everyone who cares about autism abuzz. But, as with so many issues connected to the disorder, no one can quite agree on what it means … “). The LosSource: Autism Vox RSS Feed