Selfies distort faces prompting plastic surgery warnings
Surgeons report more requests to alter noses and other features after selfies. Rutgers NJMS expert notes distortion from close camera distances. a study in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery shows nasal width rising by about 30 percent at 12 inches. At five feet, proportions align with real life.
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Boris Paskhover
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Paskhover
Jama Facial Plastic
Heat Yoga expands to North Liberty studio growth in Iowa City region
Heat Yoga opens a second location at 565 Cameron Way in North Liberty as founder McClelland notes the area’s young, active population. The studio promotes stress relief, detox, and core strengthening through hot yoga with higher temperatures aiding deeper stretches and sweating.
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Iowa City
North Liberty
Cameron Way
McClelland
Sodium intake debated by experts and public health guides
Nutrition guidance varies as experts push for 1500 to 2300 mg daily while Americans average about 3500 mg. High sodium disrupts fluid balance and raises blood pressure risking heart, stroke, and kidney disease. Strategies include reading labels, choosing less processed foods, DASH diet, weight loss, and moderating alcohol. Barbara Quinn comments on evolving science.
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Karen Collins
American Heart Association
Collins
Barbara Quinn
Opioids offer no long term advantage over nonopioid drugs for chronic pain
A randomized trial with 240 patients found no significant difference in pain related function over 12 months between opioids and nonopioid treatments. Nonopioids like acetaminophen NSAIDs and lidocaine provided similar or better relief with lower risk, challenging opioids as first line therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Erin Krebs
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Center For Chronic Disease Outcomes Research
Krebs
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
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Thegazette
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the Gazette
Beth McClelland
Heat Yoga Studio & Spa
Karen Kaplan
Los Angeles Times
Minneapolis
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