Jun/090
Stem instead of implants. Here is the future of cosmetic surgery
Regenerative surgery, which employs the use of stem cells for tissue repair could, in a not too distant future, replace the traditional plastic surgery. The techniques of tissue regeneration, which are classically used to repair or rebuild damaged tissues by scars, wounds and tumors, May therefore, be placed at the service of beauty. The available techniques used for the first time in Italy by the Istituto Tumori in Genoa, are two: one makes use of platelet growth factors, the other stem cells contained in body fat.
In the first case is used substances in the blood of patients being appropriately treated before being re-injected into the affected area, in the latter case the fat is removed from the body, usually the pelvis or belly, and used the stem cells it contains combined with cartilage. Currently, the fat cells are used together with silicone implants in cases of breast reconstruction after mastectomy, but in future they could replace them completely.
Actually ‘s body fat auto transplantation for breast enlargement is not a technique quite innovative, but in the past it has not resulted in achieving a lasting effect because of the physiological process of reabsorption, innovation is then the’ use of stem cells that would make the result more stable. The use of regenerative surgery in the field of beauty has been reflected in ISAPS Congress (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) was held in Australia last February which was attended, along with a thousand plastic surgeons from around the world’s Italian Maurizio Valeriani, chief of plastic surgery at the San Filippo Blacks in Rome. The techniques in question, says Valeriani, have already yielded excellent results in facelifts and breast reconstruction after mastectomy Good results could be achieved in other fields of intervention such as the closure of the ulcers.
Jun/090
Making a big breakfast helps weight loss
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Who’s sick at the thought of swallowing anything that is not a coffee before eleven o’clock in the morning must resign? Likewise those who believe that stepping aid weight loss. A study by the University of Minnesota, since in addition to confirming the health benefits of a hearty breakfast to start the day, seems to have shown that having the habit of eating well early in the morning helps you lose weight, while the other exhibits at risk fat. The study was conducted by Dr. Mark Pereira professor of epidemiology at the Department of Public Health American University.
The results of the study, published in Pediatrics, were based on analysis of a sample of 2000 adolescents followed for a period of eight years. The boys, who at the time of their involvement in research had on average 15 years, who had the habit of having breakfast had a body mass index lower, while those who skipped the morning meal weighed on average 2.5 kg more. Among the boys involved as much as 25% had the habit of skipping breakfast, tendency, especially among girls. For some time it is known that skipping meals does not help you lose weight but the study says that eating a big breakfast helps you consume more calories and reduces your appetite during meals following facilitating weight loss.
Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether the data is also valid for the classic American breakfast rich in fat and high calorie foods from which many experts have long warned Metten. Sure, it would be for our Italian breakfast rich in carbohydrates and typically consisting of foods such as milk, coffee, biscuits, jams, yogurt and fruit juices. Finally, a hearty breakfast and balanced also protects against the risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease as overweight and obesity are major risk factors for the occurrence of such diseases.