SAN DIEGO – Combining radiofrequency and targeted ultrasound demonstrated significantly better improvements in the quality of wrinkles and skin laxity in the facial region compared with radiofrequency alone at 3 months, results from a multicenter blinded trial showed. “We’ve done a lot of work with radiofrequency, and we’ve done a lot of work with ultrasound,”…
March 22, 2022 — The human body needs a lot of oxygen: about a cup a minute, just to stay alive.If we can’t get the amount we need because of injury or disease, like COVID-19, our bodies quickly start to suffer from oxygen deprivation. After just a few minutes, abnormally low oxygen levels in the…
Jan. 27, 2022 — It’s no secret that a particular public health epidemic has only gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic: drug overdose deaths. From May 2020 to April 2021, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose, according to the CDC. About 64% of those deaths were from opioids, mostly…
30% of men will suffer from premature ejaculation at some point in their life. For them the problem can be a source of major embarrassment and shame, but if a new wearable device can do what it claims, a simple solution may be on the way. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a…
In 2014, when the Food and Drug Administration found serious problems with a life-sustaining heart pump, its warning letter to the manufacturer threatened to notify other federal health agencies about the inspection’s findings. But for years, no such alert ever went out. Instead, the agency added the warning letter to an online database alongside thousands…
