Plastic Surgery

"Dr. Roxy" faced 11 lawsuits detailing severe complications from surgeries

This past week in healthcare investigations

South Florida deaths show why the BBL is the "most dangerous aesthetic procedure ever performed"

Nondiscrimination law bars insurers from limiting benefits based on gender identity, expression

More than 1,300 cases and 35 deaths, as reports of other implant-linked malignancies emerge

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

The former NASCAR driver began experiencing unusual symptoms 3 years after her procedure

First count in humans may lay the groundwork for safer surgery

Will those with CIEDs become regular patients at ambulatory surgery centers within a decade?

Powerful people, prejudice, and politics, according to a review of its history

Contemporary data suggest at least a twofold higher case rate as compared with FDA estimates

A doctor keeps his spending fairly frugal but splurges on sushi delivery one night

PROTECT trial finds targeting body temperatures a few degrees higher is unnecessary

Agency details potentially life-threatening adverse events with plasma-generating device