MD Expertise: The Science of Anti-Aging

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Mind Over Matter: the Placebo Effect August 20, 2009 10:36 AM by Richard A. Baxter, MD: Not long ago I was doing an interview with a reporter on a story about anti-aging supplements, and she said something that caught me by surprise. Her question was: Why do some people swear by things that science hasn't proven to work? Isn't the fact that Read More...
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Is Botox the new Lipstick? July 15, 2009 10:37 AM by Richard A. Baxter, MD: Former Estee Lauder chairman Leonard Lauder is credited with coining the phrase “lipstick effect” to describe the seeming paradoxical rise in lipstick sales during the great depression of the 1930s. This has reportedly held true for every economic downturn Read More...
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