Posted on July - 20 - 2011
Plastic surgery isn’t just about wrinkles and nose jobs anymore.
Some patients want surgeons to dig deeper, cutting away at bones underneath their faces to create a more perfect visage.
Both men and women are getting procedures to make square faces with blunt jawlines more rounded or “feminine.” The surgeries are done in the United States, but researchers say they have really taken off in East Asia, including in China and Korea.
“What this is coming down to…is that beauty is not just skin deep,” said Dr.
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Posted on July - 20 - 2011
9 tips on how an anti-inflammation diet may reduce the risk of prostate disease and cancer.
Inflammation has been added to the list of potential risk factors for prostate cancer by the American Cancer Society. Here are some basic guidelines to follow if you want to reduce inflammation in the body – and possibly the risk of prostate cancer – through diet.
Avoid low starches and other simple sugars
The cornerstone of any anti-inflammation diet is regulating blood sugar. Low starches and simple sugars elevate insulin and glucose levels, which exacerbate inflammatory conditions. Avoid simple carbohydrates or high glycemic index foods like potatoes, any kind of rice, all corn, cakes, pastries, pies, all pastas such as macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, or crackers, chips and tortillas. (Ye
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Posted on July - 19 - 2011
Imagine not being allowed to go outside, have a shower or drink cold water for an entire month. It might sound like a kind of house arrest. But every year tens of millions of Chinese women submit to this willingly. This is the traditional Chinese practice of confinement during the month after childbirth, with some modern twists.
Baby Momo and his mother, Wu Lili, haven’t left the three rooms of an apartment in Beijing for 29 days now. It’s the last day of their traditional 30-day confinement period.
In Chinese, this is literally called “sitting the month,” as new mothers are pretty much expected to just sit around in pajamas for a month to recover from childbirth. Read more…
Posted on July - 19 - 2011
An art she doesn’t want you to notice
“I don’t want the general public to know what I do is fake,” Erickson says. “It’s best if it’s not noticed at all.”
Erickson is an ocularist, or trained technician who makes prosthetic eyes. While some call it a skill, Erickson says recreating the “personality,” “emotion” and “sparkle” conveyed in a person’s eye is an art.
Each eye “tells a story and reflects a lot,” Erickson explains.
Erickson and her son Todd Cranmore are two of the six ocularists in the state of Washington and among the few hundred in the country.
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