From the Editor's Notebook - Cosmetic Surgery Times
Cosmetic Surgery Times
From the Editor's Notebook

An article in the May issue of CST prompts biofilm expert to respond

July 1, 2009

Did you read the story on biofilms in the May issue of CST? The interview with Gary Monheit, M.D., of the University of Alabama, led Brian K. Pilcher, Ph.D., of BioForm Medical to clarify the association between Radiesse and biofilms.

Readers' choices will guide an upcoming issue of CST this fall

May 1, 2009

This invitation to have readers guide what CST publishes can involve your practice's best YouTube video, audio blogs or even spectacular before and after shots.

'Presence networks' such as Twitter blend intimacy with immediacy

April 1, 2009

A Nielsen study has found that social networking has surpassed e-mail as the most popular Internet activity, and it is growing twice as fast as other Internet activities, such as search engine use. And the medical community is immersed in the activity as much as the lay public.

Check out the latest edition of CST -- We're crease-free!

March 1, 2009

The new crease-free CST features a trim size, streamlined design and a preview of substantive online information.

Global surge in cosmetic surgery

October 1, 2008

This first CST issue was sparked by the data.

Channeling Pygmalion

September 1, 2007

Despite top health officials sounding the alarm, over the past two decades, the percentage of U.S. adults classified as obese has expanded with the population's waistlines.

Aging as disease

August 1, 2007

Seminal research from your oncology colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic seems to point to the role of the protein BMAL 1 not only in the control of our circadian rhythms, but in the very process of aging itself.

'Your space'

May 1, 2007

We often reflect on the information overload confronting you who attempt to stay abreast of medical science, but it seems there's a data lag as well. In a recent interview, one of your physician peers noted with some frustration that by the time clinical data saw ink, the information was all but out-of-date.

'What we bring'

March 1, 2007

Of all of the surgically enhanced faces showcased at the recent AACS meeting in Phoenix, perhaps the most striking were not human.

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