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A doctor in Houston, Texas, whose trial last month ended in a misstated conviction, will stand trial again on charges that she bought a cheap Botox substitute and injected it into unsuspecting patients.

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New Jersey police are investigating the death of a 41 year old woman, who died, apparently after undergoing cosmetic surgery at a private residence.

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A 40 year old woman who escaped Iraq to find a new life has had her marriage plans dashed because of a liposuction and tummy tuck that has left her permanently scarred, a Dubai court was told.

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The number of morbidly obese Australians undergoing weight loss surgery has doubled in five years, and has increased by a factor of 12 in a decade.

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Figures released by the health department in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) show that demand for cosmetic surgery in Vietnam continues to soar, with 53 private clinics now licensed in the city. Of these 53 licensed facilities, 45 are specialized clinics, while 8 are general hospitals that also offer plastic surgery services.

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One of the world's leading obesity doctors yesterday called for more publicly funded obesity surgery, saying that weight loss surgery was the single most powerful health remedy available to public health services.

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The high profile cosmetic surgeon who had performed a tummy tuck and breast reduction on the mother of Kanye West the day before she died, walked out of an arranged interview with CNN's Larry King, leaving the host and viewers baffled with his behavior.

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Two doctors have been suspended in the United Arab Emirates, following the recent death of a woman who had undergone liposuction. The 27 year old Emirati women is said to have suffered brain damage during the 90,000 dirhams procedure, falling into a coma and dying three days later.

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Venezuela's idiosyncratic president, Hugo Chavez, who was recently told to just shut up by the Spanish King, has found a new target for his anger and has lashed out at the growing trend for Venezuelan teens to improve their appearance through cosmetic surgery.

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The surgeon who was found guilty of professional misconduct following botched breast reduction procedure has been named by New Zealand's High Court as Doctor Gornoori Rama Krishnayya. The Napier based surgeon performed the breast reduction procedure on February 15, 2005, but things started going wrong for the patient shortly afterwards.

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