Cut To The Beauty Chase Music Smooths Path For Dying Stepping Up To Diabetes Pain
Newcastle Herald
Monday September 3, 2007
Cut to the beauty chase
ONE IN 10 Australian women is getting cosmetic surgery, an industry-funded survey has found.The study for the Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australasia said wrinkle treatment was the most popular procedure.Next came microdermabrasion a deep skin-cleansing treatment and then hair removal. The top reason women cited for getting work done was to feel better about themselves.They also wanted to boost their confidence and to look more attractive to their partners. Music smooths path for dying MUSIC therapy is being used to ease the pain of people living with a terminal illness. The therapy, an Australian initiative, includes singing, dancing, playing instruments and composing.These were all part of the creative healing process, music therapist and palliative care expert Lucy Forrest said. It helped relieve symptoms of pain and breathlessness and relaxed people who took part, from babies to older adults.The musical creations could then be left as a legacy to loved ones, Ms Forrest said. Stepping up to diabetes pain CUSTOM-made shoe innersoles could put a stop to aching feet in diabetics, a new trial aims to prove. Poor circulation is just one of the symptoms people with diabetes suffer. The result is foot-related aches and pains. The study, funded by Diabetes Australia, will test the effect of innersoles worn in the shoes of participants. Researchers are seeking 60 diabetic Aussies with sore feet to take part in the study conducted by the Podiatry Department at Sydney's Westmead Hospital.
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