Medical education linked to Samoa's health system is the focus of a two-day international medical conference currently underway in Apia.The Gold Coast Medical Association's Samoan Medical Conference started on Friday morning at the Taumeasina Island Resort and targets students and medical profess.
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Subscriber only WANNABE Gold Coast beauty queens are spending about $10,000 every year to maintain their Instagram doll look - and that is just on their face. Throw in another $11,000 for butt lifts, up to $12,000 for breast implants and at least $3500 on liposuction. A Bulletin investigation into the cosmetic and beauty industries has found the number of extreme body-shaping treatments such as the Brazilian butt lift had grown 256 per cent in the past two decades. Surgeons, medical experts and those women who have sought treatment say plastic surgery and injectables have become such a craze that a lot of people don t know what natural or real is anymore .
THE growing disconnect between teenagers and the real world is exacerbating mental health issues and a contributing factor in the spike in youth crime, a prominent Gold Coast general practitioner says. Dr Sonu Haikerwal, former president of the Gold Coast Medical Association and co-owner of Haan Health, said the quick-fix mentality that came with unfettered access to the internet and social media was damaging young people. Dr Sonu Haikerwal. Picture: John Gass Whatever they have they can always find someone who has something better, so there s a lack of contentment, there s a need to always do more and have more, she said.