Author: Dr. William Rassman

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A vaccine treatment for prostate cancer has become the first therapy of its kind to win approval for use in U.S. patients.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Provenge, a novel technique for fighting prostate cancer, on Thursday. The treatment involves taking a patient’s own white blood cells and using a drug that trains them to more actively attack cancer cells.

Read the full article — ‘Landmark’ cancer vaccine gets FDA approval

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An “alternative doctor” who sexually assaulted a female reporter seeking a cure for hair loss has been jailed for nine months.

Chan Tung-choi, a practitioner of natural therapy, yelled he was innocent as he was led away from Eastern Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Chan, 68, who denied four counts of indecent assault, was found guilty by Magistrate So Wai-tak. He said he would appeal. Earlier, the court heard how Chan fondled the private parts and breasts of a 28-year-old online journalist, who cannot be named, between late 2005 and October 2006 at his Sheung Wan clinic.

He told her such actions would help make her hair grow.

Read the full article — `Sex therapy’ doc jailed for hell of hair-loss patient

A pathetic incident beyond any doubt.

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Former ‘N Sync star Joey Fatone has undergone hair transplant surgery after experiencing premature balding.

The singer agreed to try out the hair restoration treatment, courtesy of bosses at medical firm Bosley, and he’s been so impressed by the results, he has signed on as the new face of the brand.

He says, “It (the surgery) was pretty intimidating. That’s life, but the beautiful thing is that now you can do something about it.”

Read the rest — Joey Fatone undergoes hair transplant

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Scientists have moved a step closer to the goal of creating stem cells perfectly matched to a patient’s DNA in order to treat diseases, they announced on Thursday, creating patient-specific cell lines out of the skin cells of two adult men.

The advance, described online in the journal Cell Stem Cell, is the first time researchers have achieved “therapeutic cloning” of adults. Technically called somatic-cell nuclear transfer, therapeutic cloning means producing embryonic cells genetically identical to a donor, usually for the purpose of using those cells to treat disease.

But nuclear transfer is also the first step in reproductive cloning, or producing a genetic duplicate of someone – a technique that has sparked controversy since the 1997 announcement that it was used to create Dolly, the clone of a ewe. In 2005, the United Nations called on countries to ban it, and the United States prohibits the use of federal funds for either reproductive or therapeutic cloning.

Read the rest — In a cloning first, scientists create stem cells from adults

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Singer Robbie Williams has revealed he had a hair transplant despite not needing one.

The 39-year-old made the admission while chatting about how living in Los Angeles had rubbed off on him during an interview on The Graham Norton Show, which airs on Friday evening.

He said: ‘I’ve lived in LA for a long time and they say, ‘If you sit in a barber’s shop for long enough you will get a hair cut.’ Well, if you live in Los Angeles for long enough you’re going to get some surgery.

Read the rest — Robbie Williams reveals he had a hair transplant despite not needing it after succumbing to LA lifestyle

Nobody really needs a hair transplant (it is an elective cosmetic procedure), but it looks like his hairline corners were going back a little before the surgery and are now filled in. Either way…