| Stemcell technique helps women grow their own implants
Women have grown their own breast implants through pioneering stem cell treatment, it emerged yesterday. Scientists harvested the stem cells from the women's own fat and encouraged them to form breast tissue. They say the result gives a more natural look than many of the synthetic implants used by showbusiness stars like Pamela Anderson. The Japanese teams have carried out trials on dozens of women and say they have had no problems. They say the treatment will be routinely available from plastic surgeons within five years. British surgeons said yesterday they were convinced by the technique and found it "appealing". Stem cells can turn into different tissues in the body and this technique involves taking them from fat.
Passages last week
Corey Aultz, 31, an Army sergeant who was from Port Orchard and based in Germany, died Jan. 30 in Ramadi, Iraq, from wounds received after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Phil Lucas, 65, an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who taught at Bellevue Community College, where he founded an American Indian Film Festival, died last Sunday after complications from heart surgery. Bob McGrath, 85, known for singing the national anthem at Northwest stadiums and concert halls for nearly four decades until the early 1990s, died Feb. 3 of a heart attack in Palm Desert, Calif. Roseanna McDermott, 97, mother of U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, died Jan. 29 in Seattle. Tom Tipps, 90, defensive coordinator for the University of Washington's three Rose Bowl teams under Jim Owens in the 1960s, died Feb.
TV Personalities: Beyond face value
The boys of Nip/Tuck are back. Monique Whitaker gets ready for another round under the knife. Scalpel sharp and strictly for grown-ups, the fourth season of Nip/Tuck is a perfectly honed drama that will certainly win the show new admirers and make existing fans feel catered for, as it continues to examine the lives of its two protagonists, plastic surgeons Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) and Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh). The show manages to keep up an extraordinary pace in each episode, performing the neat trick of never letting the story drag, but never packing in too much or confusing its audience. You’ll never be bored by doctors Troy and McNamara, but you probably will despise these characters some of the time.
'Make patients pay for routine ops'
NHS patients should contribute towards the cost of some routine operations, a body of leading public health experts have said. The Association of Directors of Public Health believes people should help pay for certain types of non-emergency surgery on the NHS including tonsil removal and hysterectomies. The association argues that the idea is not so radical as some NHS patients already pay for dental work and prescriptions. It says rising demands on the NHS as more treatments become available will lead to more rationing and that charges for minor surgery would help keep that demand in check. Dr Tim Crayford, president of the association, which represents NHS trusts' public health directors across the UK, said NHS operations which could be charged for included tonsil removal, hysterectomy for heavy menstrual bleeding and cosmetic surgery.
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BILOXI, Miss., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A Mississippi sheriff's deputy lost the tip of a finger when he tried to recover a small bag of drugs a suspect allegedly was trying to swallow. Police say narcotics agent Abe Long was hoping suspect Jessie Acker would regurgitate the bag after he was hit in the face with a chemical spray, The Biloxi Sun-Herald reports. Long had his hand near Acker's mouth waiting to catch the drug bag when allegedly Acker clamped down suddenly on Long's index finger, tearing and smashing it right through his leather glove, police say. Acker was charged with aggravated assault of a police officer. An additional charge of possession of a controlled substance came after Acker vomited up several blue pills on the way to jail, the report said. -0- California governor showing his age SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan.
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