HEALTHLINES Sx pages might be even more valuable for patients who plan to travel internationally for their surgery. Many people in the United States do this to save money. Doll pages serve to warn prospective patients about problems that surgeons and hospitals don’t disclose. After surgery, especially if extensive travel is needed, patients may recuperate at recovery houses for a few days. Procedures like fat transfer to the buttocks leave patients unable to move around or sit; doctors may install drains to help remove fluid after surgery. In a recovery house, a caretaker can tend to their incisions, help with bathing, food, pain medications and even perform regular post-op massages. In May, the mother of an Instagram model named Yatnaa Rivera died during a procedure in the Dominican Republic. Rivera took to Instagram to ask for help and to warn others. The doctor who performed the operation, Hector Cabral, had been fined for operating in the United States without a license. He is linked to several deaths and is still practicing. (Cabral did not respond to inquiries via social media; his office answered calls but said he was on vacation.)
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Instagram accounts tagged into his doll hashtag (#CabralDoll) to spread the message. Every day women are bombarded with images of beauty. With filters and editing apps, and the army of social media influencers who receive money or free cosmetic services in exchange for their Instagram posts, it’s often hard to know what’s real. Authentic depictions of what cosmetic surgery entails can be a reality check on what is attainable with cosmetic surgery. In May, the American College of Surgeons released voluntary ethical guidelines for social media by surgeons. Many of them address patient privacy, but they also advise practitioners to provide trustworthy medical advice and to be cautious around these “powerful educational tools.” Even so, now a real-time, crowdsourced system allows patients to cut through the surgeons’ marketing and advertising efforts. □
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Got milk? When in need of a drink, what beverage do you suppose is the most hydrating? Common sense might suggest water—it’s a pure, unadulterated thirstquencher. But according to a new study from St. Andrews University in Scotland, that might be wrong. It looks like beverages with a little bit of sugar, fat or protein are the best at keeping us hydrated the longest. The nutrient composition of a drink has a lot to do with its hydrating power. Milk, for example, contains lactose, protein, fat and sodium, all of which slow down its release from the stomach and sustains hydration over a longer period of time. These findings basically reinforce the theory that electrolyte-rich and caloric beverages result in slower gastric emptying, increasing a drink’s “quench-factor.” But that doesn’t mean you should grab that soda— concentrated sugars pull water from your body to dilute the excess sugar, so stick with electrolytes and ... milk?
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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