Facial

• Ample’s passionate team of hair restoration specialists is led by renowned double board-certified hair transplant surgeon Dr. Hardik Doshi, M.D.
• Ample offers a range of treatment options including state-of-the-art hair transplant care, in-office clinical treatments, and proactive hair growth regimens.
• Built at Redesign Health, Ample plans to continue to expand its hair restoration offerings and open additional studios in other markets.
• Ample’s New York City Flagship Studio opened in October 2023 at 6 E 39th St Suite 1000, New York, NY 10016 .

• TREVOSE, Pa., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa , the nation's leading luxury massage and facial spa franchise, announced today that 23 Massage Green franchise locations have converted to the Hand & Stone Massage and Facial franchise brand.
• "The conversions of Massage Green spas into our system are the latest example of our steady and sustainable domestic expansion strategy," said John Teza, President and Chief Executive Officer at Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa.
• The Hand & Stone franchise community now includes nearly 600 Hand & Stone locations across the U.S. and Canada.
• The rebranding of the converted Massage Green spas has begun and all 23 converting locations will be fully rebranded as Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spas by fourth quarter 2023.

• I am a neurobiologist who has been studying fungal infections of the brain for 10 years.
• I was part of a team that recently published a review discussing the emergence, and re-emergence, of fungal infections in Africa, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
• We conclude that Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.

What are fungal infections?

• For the greater part of the history of humankind, fungal infections were never a threat to human health.
• Even then, our immune systems are quite capable of fighting against fungal infections.
• Africa accounts for 67% of the global burden of HIV, and opportunistic fungal diseases are on the rise.

Some examples

• Today, sub-Saharan Africa contributes about 73% of all global cases and deaths resulting from the disease.
• Cryptococcal meningitis is caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans, which is found in soil and bird droppings.
• It first leads to the development of a lung infection and later a fatal brain infection.
• Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of adult meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa and it’s associated with almost 20% of all AIDS-related deaths.

Growing burden

• While these factors are not unique to Africa, the burden of fungal diseases and the number of people who succumb to them is much greater.
• The COVID pandemic seems to have made the global fungal burden worse.
• COVID-induced lung damage, high blood sugar, and the steroids often used to treat it are all predisposing factors to black fungus infection.

But don’t we have antifungal drugs?

• With poorly funded and overburdened healthcare systems, many African countries are not well prepared to deal with fungal infections.
• Additionally, some of the WHO-recommended antifungal drugs – such as flucytosine – are unavailable in most African countries.

Management strategies

Fungal threats are adding pressure to overburdened health systems with a limited arsenal of treatment options. Healthcare professionals, scientific researchers, policymakers and governments must address the gaps in the diagnosis and management of fungal infections. This will help to improve capacity to deal with them.

• DALLAS, Dec. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Double board-certified dermatologist Dr. Ellen Turner is thrilled to announce that she is now offering the newest form of Juvéderm® at her Dallas and Irving-based practice: Volux™ .
• The hyaluronic acid-based injectable treatment is ideal for creating a well-defined jawline—widely considered to be a sign of attractiveness, fitness, and youth.
• Volux™ is the first and only hyaluronic acid filler to be FDA approved for defining the jawline.
• Dr. Turner is already trained and familiar with the filler.