Read more liposuction stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16049/liposuction.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:27:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73387/spas-meet-surgery-results-not-always-pretty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMedical spas offering pedicures alongside plastic surgery are gathering steam, their numbers swelling 85% from mid-2007 to the end of last year—and coming under scrutiny. The death of a Florida woman undergoing liposuction at one of the nation's 1,800 such spas has added fire to proposed legislation in...http://www.newser.com/story/73387/spas-meet-surgery-results-not-always-pretty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:41:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69410/new-op-turns-those-love-handles-into-fake-breasts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new surgical technique, tested in the US and Britain, promises to give women a “two-for-one” by taking unwanted fat from their stomach and thighs and turning it into terrific breast implants, the Daily Mail reports. These implants look and feel more natural than their silicon counterparts, proponents say, and...http://www.newser.com/story/69410/new-op-turns-those-love-handles-into-fake-breasts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 7:57:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68875/leftover-fat-from-lipos-is-liquid-gold-for-stem-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlubber may be the next big thing in stem cell research. Stanford scientists have found that leftover liposuction fat contains cells that can be changed into induced pluripotent stem cells—a type that doesn't require the use of an embryo, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Until now, scientists have...http://www.newser.com/story/68875/leftover-fat-from-lipos-is-liquid-gold-for-stem-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 15:42:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65082/cankle-anxiety-grips-body-conscious.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBody-conscious Americans have been given a whole new area to fret about about in recent years, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Cankle"—a lower calf too chubby for an ankle to be properly defined—has entered the lexicon in recent years. Gyms, plastic surgeons, and shoe companies have been quick...http://www.newser.com/story/65082/cankle-anxiety-grips-body-conscious.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 7:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50644/writer-probes-the-land-of-lipo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHoping for a firsthand glimpse at the $13 billion cosmetic-surgery industry, an undercover writer visited three surgeons to ask what could be improved—on her 27-year-old, 5-foot 9-inch, 120-lb. body. “Are teenybopper idols and those who emulate them freely choosing plastic surgery? Or is plastic surgery choosing them?” Melanie Berliet...http://www.newser.com/story/50644/writer-probes-the-land-of-lipo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Feb 2009 13:49:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50613/usher-wife-was-in-coma-after-liposuction-heart-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUsher's wife was in a coma following a heart attack during liposuction surgery, according to the latest details to emerge in the medical emergency at a Brazilian hospital, reports Stuff.co.nz. Tameka Foster went into cardiac and respiratory arrest as she was being anesthetized, Brazilian papers are reporting. Doctors...http://www.newser.com/story/50613/usher-wife-was-in-coma-after-liposuction-heart-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Feb 2009 6:55:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46228/doc-used-patients-blubber-to-fuel-cars-fat-chance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who claimed to have turned excess fat taken from patients into “lipodiesel” that could power his girlfriend’s Lincoln Navigator is apparently on the run after California health officials raided his practice, the Times of London reports. A message on Alan Bittner’s site says he’s “going...http://www.newser.com/story/46228/doc-used-patients-blubber-to-fuel-cars-fat-chance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Dec 2008 16:05:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42049/alleged-mafioso-gets-nipped-tucked-busted.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf Domenico Magnoli had been in better shape, he might still be a free man today. Italian police nabbed the 27-year-old alleged Mafia member yesterday as he was coming out of anesthesia after having liposuction, ANSA reports. Magnoli had been on the lam for over a year, dodging French drug-trafficking...http://www.newser.com/story/42049/alleged-mafioso-gets-nipped-tucked-busted.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Nov 2008 15:08:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17157/doc-hit-skids-after-kanyes-mom-died.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe plastic surgeon who operated on the mother of rapper Kanye West days before her Nov. 10 death told CNN's Larry King yesterday that his Los Angeles-area practice has been "almost destroyed" by bad publicity following the tragedy. But Dr. Jan Adams, former host of the TV series Plastic Surgery:...http://www.newser.com/story/17157/doc-hit-skids-after-kanyes-mom-died.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Jan 2008 14:08:00 CST