Myocardial infarction and stroke cause nearly half of all deaths in the Western World, and atherosclerosis is the main cause of myocardial infarction and stroke. Scientists from the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, have shown with mouse models that the accumulation of the plaque that causes myocardial infarction and stroke can be avoided.

Worldwide, an average 95.4 percent of LASIK patients are satisfied with their new vision, according to the first review of the world body of scientific literature, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) announced.

Reconstructing severe facial deformities in children with mental disabilities can be a hard decision for parents. Insurance companies may consider some operations to be only for cosmetic purposes and refuse to cover them.
However, craniofacial plastic surgery, to correct abnormalities of the face, skull and neck, may give these children significant psychological, social and emotional benefits that can help them attain a better quality of life, according to a report in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).