David Stoker, M.D., a board certified plastic surgeon, Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic surgery and staff member at Marina Plastic Surgery Associates (www.marinaplasticsurgery.com) in Marina del Rey, CA, is a featured Los Angeles cosmetic surgeon on ABC television's Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition, airing Monday nights at 10 p.m. Pacific Time. "We are delighted that Dr. Stoker is helping these obese contestants have amazing body contouring surgery after safely losing about half their body weight," said Marina Plastic Surgery founder Grant ...

For many New Orleans plastic surgeons the upcoming summer months signal an upsurge in the number of body shaping cosmetic surgery procedures, according to board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Michele M. Cooper (www.michelecoopermd.com). She reports an increase in popularity for procedures like liposuction in New Orleans at her plastic surgery practice. "Many of my patients have been exercising and following a healthy diet in order to prepare for the warmer summer months," Dr. Cooper says. "But they still have certain problem areas that just don't seem ...

Presenters around the world from non-profit Doggone Safe educated more than 16,000 children about safety around during Dog Bite Prevention Week (May 15-21, 2011). Events took place in eight countries, seven Canadian provinces and twenty six US states. Half of all children are bitten by a dog and most of the time the biter is the family dog or another dog known to the child. Dog bites can be emotionally and physically scarring for a child and can cost the dog his life. "Dog bites are preventable and we are very proud of the efforts of all our presenters as they ...

The June 13th auction will consist of over 450 lots consigned from estates in the greater New York area including two Fifth Ave estates, Englewood, Greenwich, Scarsdale, Larchmont and Rye. Fine art in this auction includes five classic New York snow scenes by Guy C Wiggins and Johann Berthelsen, Judaic art by David Burliuk, Eugene Zak, Ernst Oppler, Boris Schatz, N. Cikovsky, Modechai Levanon and Abraham Walkowitz; European art by or attributed to PJ Leyendecker, Jules Pascin, Constant Troyon, HJ Harpignies, and Eugene Delacroix; traditional American art by Frank Vincent ...

Seattle has sung the praises of Herban Feast's exquisite seasonal dishes, and wow-worthy event execution for more than 12 years. Now, the award-winning Seattle caterer is announcing a series of new relationships that expand the accessibility of its acclaimed offerings to businesses, venues and individuals located in the city's fast-growing Eastside communities. The addition of these new venue partnerships brings Herban Feast's total to more than 100 locations in the Puget Sound that utilize the caterers' services. Herban Feast, the Puget Sound's premier full-service ...

Resorts Casino / Hotel continuing its efforts to attract what is possibly one of tourism's most sought-after demographic groups is planning an event to top all events and further solidify their plans to accommodate members of the GLBT community The June 27th Event, titled PRIDE PARTY WITH PEREZ comes on the heels of Resorts opening the first gay nightclub in a casino... Prohibition. The Pride Party with Perez will feature an appearance by America's best known Internet celebrity blogger, Perez Hilton and will be hosted by the cast of Resorts highly successful production ...

"Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. About 20.5 million Americans age 40 and older have cataracts and more than half of all Americans develop cataracts by age 80," commented Maine cataract surgeon William Holt, M.D. of Eyecare Medical Group. Many patients do not actually know that a cataract is a clouding of the crystalline lens of the eye preventing light rays from passing through it easily. This results in a clouding and blurring of vision. Patients should understand that cataracts are not a growth or a film over the eye. For many patients ...

Cult indie rockers British Sea Power are due to visit Bournemouth as part of their busy summer touring schedule. The Brighton-based group will perform at the Old Fire Station on Sunday July 24th, when fans can expect to hear songs from their latest studio album Valhalla Dancehall. Famed for their exciting and occasionally chaotic live shows, the six-piece group formed in 2000 and released debut LP The Decline of British Sea Power to widespread critical acclaim in 2003. Do You Like Rock Music?, their third album from 2008, was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The ...

Athlete are due to play a stripped-back set of their classic hits at the Gloucester Guildhall next month. The chart-topping indie band's show on Saturday July 16th will provide fans with a chance to hear special unplugged versions of songs like Wires, You Got the Style and El Salvador. According to a statement from the group, they decided to give their back catalogue a mellow, acoustic reinvention following the success of a one-off show in London earlier this year. With four studio albums to their name, the south London outfit have plenty of songs to choose from ...

Melbourne will host the Australian International Motor Show (AIMS) for the first time next month. The event was formed after the organisers of the prestigious Melbourne and Sydney motor shows decided to join forces at the 2009 Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. Under the agreement, the AIMS will be shared in alternate years between the two cities. Having launched in Sydney in 2010, the event is set to debut in Melbourne between July 1st and 10th 2011. A packed line-up of big-name exhibitors has been put together for the occasion, with the likes of Audi, ...

The first annual Kalim Kinetic Art Fair is taking place in Phuket until June 25th, showcasing the creativity of children and adults on the island. It is being held at Brush Restaurant & Lounge and has been organised by the venue alongside Underwood Factory. In the run-up to the event, people were invited to design their own kinetic art sculpture, with many of the pieces coming from local schools and other Phuket organisations. While contributors were asked to make their artwork themselves, Underwood offered to create items if the designs were sent into them ...

The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) presents the World's Best Movies over the course of this month, with three films set to be screened. All of the motion pictures lined up to be shown are Japanese and come from two of the country's most celebrated directors. Kids Return, Kikujiro and Ran will be screened on June 4th, 11th and 18th respectively in the Indicine cinema at the KLPAC complex. The first two films are written and directed by Takeshi Kitano, who is perhaps best known for explosive yet poetic titles such as Brother, Hana-Bi and Zatoichi. While ...

Acclaimed electronic music DJ Le Castle Vania is set to play in Bali on June 23rd, performing his trademark mixture of beats. He will take the stage at Deja'Vu on Blue Ocean Beach, where the tunes are set to go on until late into the night. Le Castle Vania - real name Dylan Eiland - is originally from Georgia in the US and established himself as an artist in Atlanta. Eiland has performed alongside established acts such as MSTRKRFT, Soulwax and Crystal Castles, as well as receiving rave reviews for some of his remixes. He has produced his own takes on popular ...

A wide variety of fine ales will be available to sample at Beerfest Asia in Singapore later this month. Fans of the alcoholic drink are set to be spoilt for choice as the continent's top breweries share their products and engage in conversation with customers from June 16th to 19th. The organisers are expecting about 30,000 people to attend this year's edition, which will be the third in its short history. On the event's official website, they stated: "Visitors get to enjoy over 250 different beers from all over the world at affordable prices from as low as ...

Bangkok's 100 Tonson Gallery is currently showcasing the work of Phaptawan Suwannakudt in an exhibition entitled Locution Relocations. The Thai-born artist has been based in Sydney for the past 14 years and the installation will display some of her creative output from this time. Locution Relocations will be on show until July 10th 2011 and includes paintings and sculptures. According to the organisers of the exhibition, Suwannakudt uses the feeling of living as an outsider to inspire her creativity. She completed a degree in English and German at Silkaporn ...

A new report released last month by consumer-research company comScore indicates that the annual volume of auto insurance policies purchased online grew by about 80 percent between 2006 and 2010. With more and more shoppers purchasing their policies through this method, it's important to stop and ask about the safety of buying such a complex item as financial protection over the Web. In a new FAQ published on OnlineAutoInsurance.com, the writers look into the possible pitfalls in the process of buying policies and getting car insurance quotes online. They say that buying ...

Dupont Archives of Bristol, Connecticut, as an authorized distributor of Aurora office furniture and storage systems, is pleased to announce cooperative pricing through a national buying contract with NationalIPA. Towns, schools, non-profits and other institutions can now benefit from the buying power and volume pricing of a national contract on any Aurora furniture or storage system. Imagine the discounts you can realize with the backing of Aurora, NationalIPA and Dupont Archives! Ron Keith, Business Development Manager for Dupont Archives said: "Towns and municipalities ...

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance allows businesses to effectively manage the consistency, predictability, change and interdependencies of services. However, no single governance product is comprehensive enough to address the multiple elements of an enterprise SOA. Instead, IT professionals need to implement an end-to-end governance strategy, applied at varying levels of an SOA project and utilizing a range of technologies. This approach provides a stable solution to complex policies and redundant services by maximizing the quality and trust within a service ...

Leading dentist in Houston, Dr. Ellen Lim, is pleased to announce the creation of Facebook and Twitter accounts for her practice in order to stay connected with existing and potential patients. With the introduction of these social media channels, patients can now access more personalized information, as well as learn more about other patient's' experiences with Dr. Lim and her staff of dental professionals. "These days patients are using the Internet for daily information, including sharing resources and interacting with other patients on social media websites. ...

Recognized as the best dentist in Los Angeles, Dr. Shervin Louie makes visiting his office for dental procedures easier than ever with his website's new online appointment requesting feature. The ability to request appointments online has allowed the practice to offer more convenient and easy ways for patients to receive care from Dr. Shervin Louie. Patients can now request an appointment with Dr. Louie via the practice's innovative website. The new appointment tool is easy to use. Simply by visiting the practice's website, patients can fill out the brief request form ...

A dark-matter experiment deep in the Soudan mine of Minnesota now has detected a seasonal signal variation similar to one an Italian experiment has been reporting for more than a decade. The new seasonal variation, recorded by the Coherent Germanium Neutrino Technology (CoGeNT) experiment, is exactly what theoreticians had predicted if dark matter turned out to be what physicists call Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). "We cannot call this a WIMP signal. It's just what you might expect from it," said Juan Collar, associate professor in physics at the University ...

Heirloom Fund Management Ltd., manager of the Heirloom Caribbean Real Estate Fund (HCREF), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a joint venture partnership agreement with Stanhope Shepherd Ltd. HCREF will provide up to USD $50 million in debt and equity financing for the development of the Harbour Island Residences in Jolly Harbour, Antigua. At the sod turning ceremony held last week, Antiguan Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer stated that this major project has the full support and backing of the Government of Antigua. Harbour Island is a 33 acre man-made island ...

A potential life-saving treatment for severe E. coli food poisoning outbreaks – developed more than a decade ago – hasn't gone forward into clinical trials because of lack of commercial interest. University of Adelaide researchers produced a "designer" probiotic bacterium which binds and neutralises the toxin produced by E. coli, which causes life-threatening attack on the kidneys and blood vessels. The team of scientists – Dr Adrienne Paton, Associate Professor Renato Morona and Professor James Paton – showed that mice infected with a highly virulent strain of E. coli ...

CHICAGO — June 6, 2011 — An analysis linking federal bankruptcy court records to cancer registry data from nearly 232,000 adult cancer cases in western Washington during a 14-year period has found a hidden cost to survival: Insolvency rates increase along with the length of survival. "Patients diagnosed with cancer may face significant financial stress due to income loss and out-of-pocket costs associated with their treatment," said Scott Ramsey, M.D., Ph.D., a health care economist and internist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center who led the study. "On average, ...

Los Angeles, CA (May 26, 2011) Doctors are more apt to recommend a more costly therapy to patients if it were determined to prolong the patient's life rather than just improve quality, according to a recent study from Medical Decision Making (published by SAGE). Using a survey of the decision-making process, authors were able obtain data to determine the relative importance oncologists place on quantity of life compared to quality of life in chemotherapy decisions. From this, they found a significant majority of respondents (71.8%) illustrated a greater value they placed ...