Skin: the ultimate fashion complement
byBy Joseph J. Sozio, MD Beautiful skin is the perfect fashion accessory. While the average fashionista may not even think much about it, having…
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Physician, move thyself
byBy Erika Schwartz, MD I like working out. It’s always been one of my favorite activities, even before it was popular or cool. The…
A National wellness movement
byMost TV viewers know Dr. Mehmet Oz from his good buddy Oprah. But before the two were a daytime dream team, Dr. Oz had…
Let the medical tourist beware
byTraveling can be an interesting and exciting part of our lives, and sometimes we are lucky enough to combine the pleasures of travel with…
Play it smart to stay healthy away from home
byBy Erika Schwartz, MD The worst nightmare for most of us living in our present-day “flat world” where getting on a plane and leaving…
Nothing new under this sun
byKing Solomon said “there’s nothing new under the sun,” and one can certainly apply this adage to one of the most recent “advances” described…
Hot flashes can signal heart disease
byI always wondered how my mother’s generation dealt with hot flashes. My mother never mentioned having one and neither did any of the women…
Animal magnetism, or just hormones?
byWhen I think about animal magnetism, I think about sex that is not attached to feelings of love or romance. When we refer to…
When smaller is better
byBreast reduction, which is also known as reduction mammaplasty, removes extra breast skin, fatty tissue and glandular tissue to leave a breast in proportion…
Finding refuge in a doctor’s care
byImagine this: Going to the doctor and finding the doctor’ office is a place of solace, a haven from fear and danger. Does that…
Another form of sculpting
byAs a plastic surgeon with an active practice in body contouring, it is very clear to me that one size does not fit all….
Sex and hormones
byBy Erika Schwartz, MD I was just at a women’s empowerment retreat in Malibu and much of the talk among the 50-plus high-profile women…
Reading – as essential as breathing
byIn our age of Google and sound bites, reality TV and vanishing old-fashioned storytelling, you have to wonder if there’s still any place left…
Reading about cosmetic surgery
byBy Michael Rosenberg, MD It’s amazing how obsessed our culture seems to be with all things plastic surgery. There has been a fascination with…
Dazzling with a little cosmetic help
byIt’s the little things that count. With the holidays just around the corner, many of us are so focused on others that we forget about ourselves. There are a number of smaller treatments and procedures that are available that can fit into this season, and it seems appropriate to review some of them at this time. If recovery and downtime are critical concerns, the best approach to consider are the so-called lunchtime treatments, consisting of micropeels, relaxants and fillers. All are relatively fast treatments that do not require anesthesia, and we’ll review each in turn.
Succeeding against all odds
byToday, more young women than ever are dazzled by the idea of becoming doctors. They dominate medical schools as they do many other professional schools and higher education in general. It’s a far cry from 150 years ago when Elizabeth Blackwell made history as the first woman admitted to an American medical school. And it’s a far cry from the early 1970s when I applied to medical school in the midst of a changing society.
A PORTRAIT OF A DOCTOR IN THE MAKING
byWhen I was 5 years old in Bucharest, my uncle, a physician and researcher, took me to his lab. What I saw there ignited in me the burning desire to become a doctor, a desire that has never been extinguished.
CHOOSING TO CHANGE
byBy Scott Newman, MD More than 10.5 million cosmetic procedures were performed in 2011 – an increase of more than 197 percent. And the…
A special day in a special month
bySadly, national statistics show that seven out of 10 women diagnosed with breast cancer are never told about their breast reconstruction options, despite the fact that multiple research studies have demonstrated that breast reconstruction can be critical in improving the quality of life for women with this disease. To help raise awareness of this problem, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and our national spokesperson, Jewel, are partnering to promote Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day on Oct. 17.
Rx and the city
byMy career in medicine has taken me from trauma to critical care, from internal medicine to anti-aging and hormones and it all pretty much happened geographically in Westchester. That is until one day about 12 years ago when I became a Manhattan doctor.