| New StimJect RF Cannula Improves Accuracy and Reduces Procedure Time
"Each time the cannula is touched, however, the physician increases the chance that it will be re-positioned, for better or worse. And to numb the nerve before lesioning, the physician must touch the cannula. However, once the nerve has been numbed, the physician can no longer verify needle location through nerve stimulation." As a result, NeuroTherm designed the StimJect RF Cannula to eliminate the opportunity for unintentionally repositioning the cannula, an action that might occur after the physician has achieved satisfactory placement near the painful nerve. The cannula's special sideport allows the physician to touch only the injection tubing rather than the cannula as a whole. Hicks explains that, during an RF procedure, physicians first insert the cannula into the patient, then introduce a probe, or electrode, into the cannula's hollow interior.
Laser Treatment Helps Adult Acne Sufferers
INDIANAPOLIS -- One of the growing pains of adolescence is acne, but those unsightly bumps sometimes afflict people who are long past puberty. There is a new way to treat acne, the most commonly diagnosed skin disease that leaves physical marks and emotional scars, 6News' Stacia Matthews reported. Despite a bright smile, striking a pose never came easy to Bonnie Mackey because of acne. .
Why does skin complexion change with the seasons?
Our skin makes up a big part of the outer shell we present to the world each day, and we want to keep it happy and healthy-looking. But, like most relationships, the arrangements people develop with their skin are complicated. Our skin isn't always great at telling us what it needs: even trained professionals have trouble translating its signals of bumps and blotches. And so, we struggle with creams, gels and exfoliating scrubs, trying to achieve perfect dermatological harmony. Then, just when we think we have it figured out, a breakout or a mysterious rash crops up, reminding us that our skin does not have an exclusive relationship with us; it interacts with other factors–mainly, the environment. Weather, for one, has a huge effect on our skin. When it's too hot or dry outside, our skin lets us know it.
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