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Tuesday, March 28, 2000
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Compiled by Detroit News Health Writer Tracy Boyd
Nicholas Chugay, a surgeon in Beverly Hills, Calif., now offers buttock enhancement.Women’s health: Procedure contours sagging derrieres
It’s a fact of life that most women think their butts are too big, but some women want a curvier, more substantial behind. A Beverly Hills, Calif., cosmetic and plastic surgeon has developed a procedure designed to “perk up your flagging assets.” Before Dr. Nicholas Chugay invented his procedure for buttock augmentation, surgeons used silicone gel implants that left unsightly scars and destroyed skin elasticity, or fat grafting that was eventually absorbed by the body. Chugay doesn’t offer details of the procedure but says he’s done numerous successful augmentations so far. The augmentation will set you back $6,000 to $8,000, but Chugay says the results are astounding.
Self-help: Too many people abandon programs
Although learning how to manage a condition through a class or other instruction has been shown to greatly help sufferers, about one in three people drop out before completing behavioral treatments designed to help them manage their weight, chronic pain or stress, says new research from Clark University in Worcester, Mass. People who are confident they can manage their own condition might fare better in such programs, the authors believe. The study appeared in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
HBO follows cancer patient Jessica Turri in special report.On the air: HBO special targets cancer information
Cable channel HBO wants viewers to see cancer as preventable and treatable, rather than automatically fatal. Designed to empower patients and families, Cancer: Evolution to Revolution offers resources on how and where to obtain expert advice and underscores the fact that information is the key to fighting cancer. It focuses on the four most common types — colorectal, breast, prostate and lung — and follows patients and their physicians through choices for treatment. The special airs at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Fitness: Workout raises money for HIV/AIDS
Get a great workout while helping others. That’s the theory behind the City of Hope’s Move & Groove 2000, a fitness fund-raiser that funds research for HIV/AIDS. It will be held at Harper Woods’ Eastland Center in the Grand Court starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Registration is followed by three hours of low-impact aerobics, then massages and refreshments. Raise or donate $10 for an official pin; $25 and get a T-shirt. To request a sponsor form, call (800) 732-7170 or visit http://workout.coh.org/ .