Busy consumers are asking for, and receiving, cosmetic procedures that involve no scapel. Often, the procedure is done on the lunch hour.

Pearsall Medical & Bariatrics is seeking men and women age 50 and older who have had a heart attack to join a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study.

Some women who have relatives stricken by breast cancer are surgically removing nature’s own and having new breasts reconstructed by plastic surgeons