January 25, 2010
Source : http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9623738
Abbott Laboratories on Thursday stopped marketing a weight loss pill in Europe after regulators there said the drug increases the risk of heart attack and stroke when used by heart disease patients.
The European Medicines Agency advised doctors and pharmacists to stop using sibutramine, saying “the risks of these medicines are greater than their [...]
January 23, 2010
What is Stretchmarks and what caused it?
Stretch mark or striae , is a form of skin scarring appearing normally as parallel white lines. They are caused by tearing of the dermal layer.
There are many creams and surgical methods that claim it can “cure” Stretchmark but the truth is there is really no way you can actually [...]
January 23, 2010
Source : http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60N00P20100124
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fake versions of GlaxoSmithKline’s over-the-counter diet pill were contaminated with dangerously high levels of a prescription weight loss ingredient, U.S. officials warned on Saturday.
Lab tests showed counterfeit versions of Glaxo’s pill Alli contained high levels of sibutramine, Food and Drug Administration officials said.
Sibutramine is the active ingredient in Abbott Laboratories [...]
January 22, 2010
The European Medicines Agency advised doctors to stop prescribing medicines containing sibutramine, which are sold under the names Reductil, Reduxade and Zelium in Europe. — ST FILE PHOTO
Source : http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_480719.html
WASHINGTON – EUROPEAN authorities urged a halt on Thursday to sales of a diet pill made by Abbott Laboratories Inc after concluding heart-related risks were too [...]
January 20, 2010
SINGAPORE – It is relatively painless and gives quick results. But some people in Singapore are getting their Botox fast fix at private parties where the person giving the injections may not be a medically trained professional.
Not that some of them seem to care.
The Health Ministry says only registered medical professionals can prescribe Botox. The [...]
January 19, 2010
Source : http://www.dietcomment.com/2010/01/doc-got-fats-removed-too/
A day before news broke about Singapore’s first liposuction-related death, Dr Siew Tuck Wah was getting his fats sucked from his abdomen by his colleague, plastic surgeon Tan Ying Chien.
It was all in a day’s work for both men. All physicians at The Sloane Clinic, where they both work, have to undergo all [...]
January 19, 2010
Source : http://health.asiaone.com/Health/Men%2527s%2BMatters/Story/A1Story20100118-192628.html
Liposuction is a procedure where a body is sculpted by removing excess fat. The areas targeted include the arms, abdomen, buttocks, thighs and calves.
Cost starts at $2,000 when it is done by general practitioners and $4,000 when it is done by plastic surgeons.
Patients also have to pay for pre-operative tests, post-operative compression garments, [...]
January 19, 2010
Source : http://health.asiaone.com/Health/Women%2527s%2BMatters/Skin%2BDeep/Story/A1Story20100118-192620.html
When news broke that a man had died following a liposuction operation, chills went down Ms J.P. Lee’s spine.
The mother of two, in her mid-30s, had liposuction done on her abdomen recently at Reves Clinic, the same clinic that property honcho Franklin Heng went to.
“I felt that I was dying after the procedure, [...]
January 19, 2010
Source : http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20100118-192626.html
Singaporeans are the driving force behind Indonesian doctor Arthur Tjandra’s success: at his 18,000 sq ft Medan clinic Elixir de Vie, up to 90 per cent of those who come in for a nip and tuck are Singaporeans.
The rest are made up of Americans, Taiwanese, Malaysians, Australians and Indonesians.
And of all the Singaporeans [...]
January 13, 2010
Source : http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_476723.html
By Salma Khalik
THE number of complaints against general practitioners (GPs) for aesthetic treatments has gone up, with patients referring 12 GPs to the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) last year.
The SMC received complaints against 11 GPs in 2008 and just six the year before, its spokesman told The Straits Times yesterday.
This is despite stricter [...]
January 12, 2010
The answer is HOODIA !!!
Hoodia is essentially a natural way to suppress the appetite and tablets are made from the Hoodia cactus plant which grows in the African desert. Native tribes have been eating the plant for years to stop hunger pangs whilst on long hunting trips. The herb sends a message to your brain [...]
January 10, 2010
SINGAPORE: The recent death of a 44-year-old man who had undergone liposuction at a general practitioner’s clinic could be Singapore’s first such case.
Franklin Heng, CEO of YTL Pacific Star, died recently after a liposuction treatment.
Singapore’s Ministry of Health is unable to provide the latest figures, but media reports have said there were no such deaths [...]
January 8, 2010
Source : http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20100108-190446.html
By Francis Chan
THE Ministry of Health (MOH) has ordered the Orchard Road clinic that performed cosmetic surgery on Mr Franklin Heng, just before he died last week, to cease the type of treatment involved.
Mr Heng, 44, the chief executive of a $1 billion company, was rushed by ambulance to Tan Tock Seng Hospital [...]
January 8, 2010
There are 2 seperate sets of guidelines that is issued by MOH for Liposuction procedures in Singapore. One set is for clinic and the other set is for hospital
Read Liposuction Guide for CLINIC
https://www.moh-ela.gov.sg/ela/docroot/html/Circular_Clinics_providing_AmbulatorySurgery.pdf
Few things to take note :
Not more than 1 litre of fat is allowed in one procedure
You are entitled 1 week of consideration [...]
January 7, 2010
Source : http://health.asiaone.com/Health/Women%2527s%2BMatters/Skin%2BDeep/Story/A1Story20100106-190139.html
By Judith Tan
GENERAL practitioners offering beauty treatments must have proper credentials to carry out most of the less-invasive aesthetic procedures.
Under guidelines laid down by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC), Academy of Medicine and the College of Family Physicians, these GPs must attend the relevant accredited courses and attain certificates of competence.
The non-invasive procedures [...]
January 3, 2010
2010/01/03
Lee Shi-Ian
KUALA LUMPUR: Authorities are cautioning women against a slimming product as some have suffered heart attacks after taking it. A Health Ministry source said tests revealed that the slimming product, sold in capsule form, contained not one but two dangerous chemicals, sibutramine and metformin., an orally administered agent for the treatment [...]
January 1, 2010
Pictures speak a thousand words …
Felica Chin then …
and Felica Chin now …
