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Lasers that target only the color red have been used since the 1970s to treat birthmarks, port-wine stains and other blemishes. Doctors now believe these lasers work better in children than in adults, but they can help diminish unsightly scars and red stretch marks left over from childbirth or breast surgery. Lasers can also soften acne scars, though removing the scars altogether is difficult. Green-light lasers are effective at zapping broken blood vessels and spider veins on the face, hands and neck. But the process can be painful--just ask tough guy Mark Anfangar, 44, vice president...
RONALD REAGAN Gipper pals blitz TV talk shows over bio controversy. Best Dutch treat in years...
Although an estimated 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, only 26% of those battling moderate to severe pain are referred to the proper specialists. This doesn't mean other doctors can't treat pain effectively, but the complexity of diagnosing the condition and designing a treatment for a specific patient, especially prescribing possibly addictive narcotic-based painkillers, can make this a difficult and tedious task if a physician isn't well versed in pain management...
...BUZZ: With so many impressive female actors participating in Harvard student theatre, it is a special treat to have so many brought together to dominate the same stage in a play centered on women. Jump(India Song), Jamie Smith (Much Ado About Nothing), Hanna Stotland (Laughter on the 23rd Floor), Dale Shuger (Androcles and the Lion), and Carrie-Anne DeDeo (The Merchant of Venice) all bring considerable theatre repertoires to their challenging roles...
...tend to think that our consumer capitalist culture creates psychological ill health," Sarah Conn says. " It's bad to treat any group, particularly kids, as a market only...