KPR PHOTO ALBUM   CONTACT   ABOUT US   FAQS   SITE MAP   
banner image

KPR SPOTLIGHT: Saturday on This American Life, a show called Georgia Rambler Learn more ...

Business Partners

sponsor

KPR thanks Folly Theater for their sponsorship!
Become a KPR Business Partner

pledge online
Click and pledge securely



Enter our CD giveaway
"Curtis Fuller "I Will Tell Her""
CD image

This Week on KPR Presents


The Poetry of Ted Kooser and More!
This week's KPR Presents features former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Ted Kooser, from a reading sponsored by the University of Kansas Libraries. We'll also hear the collaborative efforts of Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and singer-songwriter Kelley Hunt, in a reading performed at the Lawrence Public Library.


KPR Live
Performances



Right Between the Ears
recorded on 2010-06-25.
View and listen to all our live studio recordings!



KPR on Facebook
Item Listing
Putting the Brakes On LipoDissolve   Date: July 23, 2007
   You've dieted. You've exercised. You've managed to lose weight. Still, you just can't seem to get rid of those love handles, flabby thighs, or plump hips. Then you see an ad for a new way to shed those lingering fat deposits—something called LipoDissolve (LY-poe Dissolve). That's the common name for a new procedure that claims to target fat deposits and literally melt them away. But is it safe? Kansas health officials aren't so sure. We get more from Bryan Thompson, as part of our series "Kansas Health: A Prescription for Change."

   

Listen:    Listen:

   For more information about LipoDissolve visit our website at kpr.ku.edu. Just click on the “Kansas Health” link. That’s kpr.ku.edu.

   Funding for the health series on_______is provided by the Sunflower Foundation of Topeka, and by the Kansas Health Foundation of Wichita.
Email this story
Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.


Related Links:
Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
Kansas LipoDissolve regulation
fig.
John Hiebert, M.D.
Joel Schlessinger, M.D.
American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery
Aesthetic Consulting Group
AesthetiCare Medi-Spa & LipoDissolve Center
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Warns Patients
NPR LipoDissolve story
FDA warning letter
Lipodissolve Treatments Need Regulation, More Study

Follow us!   Facebook     Twitter


KPR is a service of the University of Kansas
© Kansas Public Radio 2010 KPR, 1120 West 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Phone: (785)-864-4530 Toll free (888) 577-5268 Fax:(785)-864-5278