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6/26/2006 3:01:00 AM | Fake products can bypass quality, safety 
=(0) Counterfeit cosmetic surgery products are a health and safety hazard that consumers need to be aware of, say officials. People have been sickened, paralyzed or even killed by injections of fake botox and other injectable substances such as silicon. These products can also be contaminated with bacteria. The safest way to obtain these treat...
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6/24/2006 5:10:00 AM | Judge refuses to overturn verdict clearing breast surgeon of ... =(0) New Jersey Superior Court has upheld the verdict in favor of a plastic surgeon accused of malpractice. A jury had previous cleared Dr. Richard Marfuggi of wrongdoing in the case of a woman who claimed he removed too much tissue while performing her breast reduction. The doctor claimed the result was a consequence of the plaintiff's poor b...
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6/21/2006 3:14:00 AM | NY Judge Denies Disclosure of Surgeon's Records =(0) A doctor, accused of plastic surgery malpractice, does not have to disclose his own medical records as evidence, a judge has ruled. The plaintiff, a woman who claims her face lift was botched, says one of the doctor's office staff told her the doctor had surgery on his arm or hand closely following her operation. However, the judge ruled ...
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6/16/2006 4:01:00 AM | $3.5m ordered in malpractice case =(0) A Massachusetts woman was awarded $3.5 million by a jury in a lawsuit against a plastic surgeon. The plaintiff claimed the surgeon botched her breast reduction surgery, resulting in loss of blood flow to her breasts, which ultimately had to be removed. The surgeon was found to be negligent in performing the operation and in not sufficiently in...
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5/25/2006 4:40:00 PM | Local Woman Talks About Nightmare Under the Surgeon's Knife =(0) A Michigan woman is suing an East Lansing plastic surgeon because of complications after a liposuction and "tummy tuck". The woman suffered problems regarding closure of her wound and severe pain; after several months of unsuccessful treatment by the surgeon she consulted another doctor who prescribed the appropriate antibiotic, but she is lef...
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4/1/2006 7:54:00 AM | Dermatology society warns of bogus Botox =(0) The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery warns that cosmetic treatments must be performed by reputable physicians and that sharply discounted prices may not reflect the actual product claimed. This was in response to reports of some deaths in California after women were allegedly injected with an unidentified substance by a hairstylist wh...
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3/29/2006 11:26:00 PM | Women sue a local surgeon over alleged botched breast surgeries =(0) Three New York women are suing the same plastic surgeon for negligence, claiming he made their breast implants too big. Results were not only aesthetically displeasing for the patients but led to severe surgical wound complications. He was also allegedly unhelpful in attempts to resolve the problem, denying it or blaming it on the patients. The pat...
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3/22/2006 4:47:00 AM | COURT CASES - The State =(0) This article summarizes three lawsuits, one of which concerned a malpractice lawsuit against a plastic surgeon. The suit is filed on behalf of a deceased breast cancer victim by her husband who claims the doctor who performed reconstructive breast surgery after her cancer treatment entered into a romantic liaison with her, which resulted in her not...
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3/17/2006 3:25:00 AM | Outsourcing America's Health Care - Finding Safe Overseas Doctors ... - PR Web (press release) =(0) Americans are going overseas in droves to have medical and surgical procedures at a fraction of the cost at home. Rather than considering the practice more risky, patients cite the growing list of malpractice claims as proof it's no safer in the US. Travel agents and similar organizations are leaping onto the "medical tourism" bandwagon, providing ...
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3/16/2006 8:13:00 PM | Twelve months since Kay died after face-lift =(0) A lawsuit is underway in the death of an Irish woman following a face lift procedure in New York last year. Dr. Michael Sacks and his anesthetist are accused of negligence, carelessness and gross indifference. The woman lost consciousness while in recovery and later died in hospital..................................
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3/8/2006 3:20:00 AM | Body Artists Customize Your Flesh =(0) This describes the practice of performing subdermal implants, a type of body modification procedure considered a cosmetic and artistic enhancement. It is actual surgery involving incisions in the skin but is performed not by doctors but by sometimes medically untrained "artists". They do not carry malpractice insurance, but the risks are plentiful,...
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