This year began with a breast implant scandal. This one has brought back memories of the one early in my private practice.The current one involves the PIP-branded breast implants produced by the French company Poly Implant Prothese and rebranded by the Dutch company Rofil as Rofil M-implants breast implants. The first one involved silicone implants made by American companies including Dow Corning who no longer makes breast implants.The picture of 3 implants includes: top — an old McGhan double lumen (silicone gel implant surrounded by a saline implant); bottom left ’ Dow Corning textured silicone implant; and bottom right ’ Dow Corning smooth silicone implant. Dow Corning has not made breast implants since approximately 1992.

These are caps I made between just before Christmas and the first part of January.The first ones went to @doctorwes after he made his request for photos of Christmas themed clothing seen at work. Here’s a photo (credit) of him and a co-worker wearing the Christmas themed caps I made and sent to him.I then [...]

Stephen Hawking turned 70 on Sunday. He was diagnosed with ALS almost 50 years ago when he was only 21. It’s very unusual for someone with ALS to survive more than 5 years after being diagnosed. It is because of this dire prognosis that SSI gives a person who meets the listing (11.10) for ALS [...]

This article (full reference below) on the additional benefits an individual gains from having a reduction mammoplasty (RM) has been published online ahead of print. The authors performed a systemic review of the literature focusing on functional outcomes after RM with regard to physical and psychological symptom improvement.The authors performed a systematic review of the [...]

All medical offices must dispose of medical waste in a safe manner. I closed my office at the end of September, but my last medical waste pickup is the first Friday of December. My dear husband is going to open the office and wait for them.How have you told patients over [...]

I happened to see this press release from American Society of Nephrology via Eurekalert regarding an article in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN) advocating the safety of kidney donation in individuals over 70 years old. The press release does note that kidneys from these elderly [...]

I caught this movie last week flipping though channels looking for something to watch while I knitted.“Five” stars Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Holloway, Tony Shalhoub, Jeffrey Tambor, and Jeanne Tripplehorn. It is an anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people’s [...]

There have been several cases of HIV or hepatitis transmitted via solid organ transplantation. The CDC is recommending new guidelines which would replace the 1994 Public Health Service (PHS) Guidelines for Preventing Transmission of HIV through Transplantation of Human Tissue and Organs. The draft guidelines is 159 pages long. The most [...]

Somewhere along the line I learned to encourage women with a family history of breast cancer to begin getting mammograms at an age 10 years prior to when their mother was diagnosed and to encourage their daughters to begin getting mammograms at an age 10 years prior to when they themselves [...]

It’s amazing what you will find sorting through more than 20 years of stuff. This picture of 3 implants includes: top — an old McGhan double lumen (silicone gel implant surrounded by a saline implant); bottom left ’ Dow Corning textured silicone implant; and bottom right ’ Dow Corning smooth silicone [...]