http://austinist.com/2005/10/19/news_bits.php All comments for News Bits! en-us 2009 austin_allen Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:56:07 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss allen@escapeest.com allen@escapeest.com 60 http://austinist.com/2005/10/19/news_bits.php#comment-223300 http://austinist.com/2005/10/19/news_bits.php#comment-223300 Comments Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:51:48 -0600 <p>here's another article</p> http://austinist.com/2005/10/19/news_bits.php#comment-223297 http://austinist.com/2005/10/19/news_bits.php#comment-223297 Comments Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:43:44 -0600 <p>Whoops! Sorry, the link for the Chicago Times article wasn't working when I originally posted, so I assumed that you were talking about lyposuction - which amazingly enough has exactly the same factor as this surgery 4.6, but off a few decimals. Maybe that's some mystical number when it comes to weight surgery mortality...</p> http://austinist.com/2005/10/19/news_bits.php#comment-223295 http://austinist.com/2005/10/19/news_bits.php#comment-223295 Comments Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:38:44 -0600 <p>Your stat for death from liposuction is incorrect. It is 4.6 people out of 10,000 that result in death from complications of the surgery. That equals 0.046%. Here is a link to the results. Not as juicy a read as the Chicago Times article - it's from a professional abstract - but more correct. http://www.sambahq.org/professional-info/20-AM-abstracts/24.html Trust me, if 4.6% of patients died from a cosmetic procedure, that procedure would be outlawed. Frankly, 0.046% is still too high. I recommend putting that money in some self-esteem courses...</p> http://austinist.com/2005/10/19/news_bits.php#comment-223287 http://austinist.com/2005/10/19/news_bits.php#comment-223287 Comments Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:02:39 -0600 <p>These News Bits have been particularly good of late. Lots of varied, interesting stuff in here. Thanks Allen!</p>