Dr. Vulich to Speak About a Revolutionary Alternative to Liposuction that Permanently Melts Away Fat

Smart Lipo™ Information Seminar November 11th with Dr. Bonnie Vulich in Chicago.

Chicago, IL (Vocus) November 7, 2008 -- Dr. Bonnie Vulich, owner and medical director at Refine Medical Spa in Chicago (www.refinemedspa.com) is helping her clients have the body they've always wanted by eliminating areas of unwanted fat with a new FDA approved procedure called Smart Lipo™ (http://www.refinemedspa.com/chicago-smart-lipo.htm). SmartLipo is laser-assisted lipolysis also known as laser body sculpting.

On Tuesday, November 11th at 6 pm, - Dr. Bonnie Vulich (http://www.refinemedspa.com/bio_bonnie_pop.htm) will be giving a free information seminar to those that would like to learn more about this revolutionary new procedure. "I'm very excited to share my expertise about SmartLipo and how you to finally get rid of stubborn areas of fat that just won't go away", says Dr. Vulich.

Dr. Bonnie Vulich is a board certified physician who was trained by the North American Pioneer for Smartlipo, Bruce E. Katz, MD of Juva Skin and Laser Center/Medi Spa in New York. Dr. Katz is the Medical Director at Juva, as well as a Professor of Clinical Dermatology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. "Patients love the fact that they walk in with fat and walk out a couple of hours later without it; and we love it because it works and everyone is happy!", exclaims Vulich.

The free Smartlipo information seminar will be held on Tuesday, November 11th at 6 pm at Refine Medical Spa, 233 East Erie St., Suite 2500 in Chicago. RSVP by calling (312) 867-0600 or by email info@refinemedspa.com. Attendance is limited to 15 people. There will be BOTOX® giveaways as well as a take home gift and special savings certificates for those who attend.

If someone has tried dieting and exercise, but parts of their body simply refuse to tone up then Smartlipo™ Laser Body Sculpting, a revolutionary, minimally invasive treatment may be the solution with its ability to permanently destroy fat cells. "You have a finite amount of fat cells. With Smartlipo no new fat cells are regenerated and you can finally have that body you've always wanted", says Dr. Bonnie Vulich.

"I'm recommending Smartlipo™ to my patients who want to look and feel great and have had a hard time trying to achieve their goals through diet and exercise," said Vulich. "Smartlipo™ is excellent for patients with those areas of fat, cellulite and sagging skin that are difficult to spot reduce. Patients are much more comfortable because bleeding, bruising, and swelling are significantly reduced, allowing them to quickly return to everyday life, especially important for those that lead active lifestyles. They may work out, but many still struggle with that one or two areas that don't look they way they'd like."

How does Dr. Vulich do it? Smartlipo is a laser-assisted lipolysis procedure that is performed using a tiny one millimeter (1/22 of an inch) tube inserted into the skin. A laser fiber inside of the tube (the cannula) delivers energy directly to fat cells, causing them to melt and drain away as liquid. Simultaneously, tissue around the area coagulates, resulting in overall tighter skin.

Only one treatment is required and results can be seen within one week with continued improvement over three to six months. One of the advantages over traditional liposuction is the skin tightening that occurs with Smartlipo. After the fat is removed from an area, there is excess skin with traditional liposuction; whereas with Smartlipo, the skin contracts and tightens over a period of three to six months.

This is a minimally invasive procedure which Dr. Vulich uses only local anesthesia, not general as required with traditional liposuction. Some light bruising can occur, but you'll be able to return to work in a couple of days and resume exercise after just two weeks.

The cost varies depending upon the body part being treated. Dr. Vulich offers complimentary consultations for people interested in finding out if they too can benefit from this new procedure.

About Dr. Vulich

Dr Vulich offers the latest in cosmetic medical spa treatments in a relaxing spa environment in Chicago. She is a Board Certified Emergency Physician and a member of the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery, American Medical Association, American Medical Women's Association, American Osteopathic Association, American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians and American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Vulich provides individualized treatments so each of her client's needs are addressed on an individual basis with personalized follow-ups. Her treatments have minimal to no downtime. Consultations are complimentary & financing is available. For more information about the upcoming Smartlipo event, please call (312) 867-0600 or visit www.refinemedspa.com.

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The Psychopathology of Schizophrenia
Borut Skodlar, Mojca Dernovsek and Marga Kocmur, University of Ljubljana

The Gist:
Today's schizophrenic may believe that terrorists are beaming radio transmissions into his brain; 50 years ago, however, Communists were the culprits. And a century ago, before radio was invented, it might have been a simple case of "hearing voices." In a paper published last spring, three Slovenian psychiatrists examined the ways in which insanity has historically manifested itself, and whether "crazy" has always been the same. Borut Skodlar, Mojca Dernovsek and Marga Kocmur studied 120 records of schizophrenic patients admitted to the Ljubljana (Slovenia) psychiatric hospital between 1881 and 2000 to see if psychotic delusions are affected by contemporary culture. As it turns out, they are.

Highlights:
1. Religious and magical delusions were the least prevalent during 1941-1980, during which time Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia — a communist dictatorship. The Yugoslavian government suppressed religion, and the less people practiced or thought about it, the researchers theorize, the less frequently it appeared in schizophrenic delusions. From 1981 and 2000 — as communism crumbled and Slovenians were allowed to find God again — reports of people claiming to be possessed, haunted or tormented by spirits rose.

2. Paranoid delusions, feelings of persecution and the belief that someone is out to get you appear to be unique to the 20th century. "The trend is primarily ascribed to urbanization, industrialization and technical developments with much new information and communication transfer, exerting considerable 'cultural pressure' on an individual," the researchers write. An increasing sense of individualism might add to the problem — the 1970s weren't called "The Me Decade" for nothing. The repression of political dissidents by Yugoslavia's communist regime probably didn't help either.

3. After radio and television were invented, more and more patients reported delusions with technical themes, including radio waves, voices, sounds, images — anything beamed to them from somewhere else. These appeared to be symptoms no one had noticed or recorded before. After all, it's hard to believe you're being bombarded by television signals when the TV hasn't been invented yet.

The Lowdown:
The report, published in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry, uses relatively simple language easily digested by anyone with an amateur interest in psychology (or who ever completed a high school science report). Although Skodlar, Dernovsek and Kocmur shy away from pinpointing the exact causes behind their observations — admitting that their research was hindered by a small sample size, the need to rely on second-hand interpretations of patients' problems, and the fact that the medical community's knowledge of schizophrenia has changed over the past century — their observations are enough to give us pause. While the underlying causes of mental illness have remained the same, the delusions it produces are a distorted, funhouse mirror-type look into our own world. History is almost never viewed through the eyes of the insane, especially not the locked-up, straight-jacketed kind that Big Nurse just wants to subdue. But the mentally ill are products of society too; they are influenced by culture and they carry the same fears and fascinations as the sane minds that surround them. Craziness may be more normal than we think.

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