Patientsmaynever be fully preparedforthementalandemotionalcosts of cosmeticsurgery, saysJosephHullett, a psychiatrist and seniormedicaldirectorof OptumHealth.
"The risk to babies is completely avoidable, and we are using all the levers we can to raise awareness and get hospitals to put policies in place to prevent it, " says Joanne Armstrong, seniormedicaldirector and head of Women's Health at Aetna.
The rabbits were subjected to radiation equivalent to about 16 hours of sunlight exposure, condensed into a half-hour period, says Cristina Schnider, Vistakon's seniordirector of medical affairs.