implant removal: a means of breaking addictive behaviors. The apparent principle of implant removal is that slave programming has been implanted in humans. One of its proponents is psychotherapist Dr. Angela Brown-Miller, author of Embracing Death, Learning to Learn, and Omega Point.

(See also: Implant removal, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

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Breast implant, Breast implant - History, Breast implant - Risks and controversy

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Problems with dentures include the fact that patients are not used to having something in their mouth that is not food. The brain senses this appliance as "food" and sends messages to the salivary glands to produce more saliva and to secrete it at a higher rate. New dentures will also be the inevitable cause of sore spots as they rub and press on the mucosa. A few denture adjustments for the weeks following insertion of the dentures can take care of this issue. Another problem with dentures is keeping them in place. There are three rules governing the existance of removable oral applianc ...

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Dentures, Dentures - Problems associated with Complete Dentures, Dentures - Mini implants

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A tattoo is an indelible design or marking made by the insertion of a pigment into punctures or cuts in the skin. In technical terms, tattooing is micro-pigment implantation. Tattoos are a type of body modification. The word is traced to the Tahitian tatu or tatau, meaning to mark or strike (the latter referring to traditional methods of applying the designs). In Japanese the word used for traditional designs or those that are applied using traditional methods is irezumi ("insertion of ink"), while "tattoo" is use ...

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• Tattoo - Prevalence
• Tattoo - History
• Tattoo - Diversity
• Tattoo - Tattooing in prehistoric times
• Tattoo - Tattooing in ancient Judaism
• Tattoo - Tattooing in Chinese literature
• Tattoo - Reintroduction in Europe
• Tattoo - The electric tattoo machine
• Tattoo - Negative associations
• Tattoo - Popular and youth culture
• Tattoo - Purpose
• Tattoo - Procedure
• Tattoo - Permanent cosmetics
• Tattoo - Natural tattoos
• Tattoo - Temporary tattoos
• Tattoo - Henna body art Mehndi
• Tattoo - Dyes and pigments
• Tattoo - Tattoo removal
• Tattoo - Risks
• Tattoo - Diseases
• Tattoo - Allergic reactions
• Tattoo - Infection
• Tattoo - Tattoos and MRI
• Tattoo - Deciding where to get a tattoo
• Tattoo - Aftercare
• Tattoo - Other uses

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A breast implant is a prosthesis used in cosmetic surgery to enlarge the size of a woman's breasts (known as breast augmentation) or to reconstruct the breast (for example, after a mastectomy, or during male-to-female sex reassignment surgery). There are four types of breast implant: Saline-filled, which have a silicone shell filled with sterile saline liquid. These implants are currently the only type available in the United States, but future regulation may make more available. Silic ...

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• Breast implant - History
• Breast implant - Risks and controversy

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Body modification (or body alteration) is the permanent or semi-permanent deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons, such as spiritual, various social (markings), BDSM "edgeplay" or aesthetic. It can range from the socially acceptable decoration (e.g., pierced ears in many societies), over religiously mandated (e.g., circumcision in a number of cultures) to corporal punishment and provocative statement by the rebellious (e.g., nostril piercings in punk subculture), some even get physically addicted to the an ...

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• Body modification - Controversy
• Body modification - Typology of body modification
• Body modification - Individuals known for extensive body modification
• Body modification - Sources and References

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Breast reconstruction is the rebuilding of a breast, usually in women. It involves using existing flesh or prosthetic material to construct a natural-looking breast. Often this even includes the reformation of a natural-looking areola and nipple. This procedure may involve the use of implants. Breast reconstruction - Overview. Though this procedure was recently out of the question after surgical procedures such as mastectomy, this type of cosmetic surgery is becoming more common. Though most health plans co ...

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• Breast reconstruction - Overview
• Breast reconstruction - Techniques
• Breast reconstruction - Follow-up

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In surgery, a biomaterial is a synthetic material used to replace part of a living system or to function in intimate contact with living tissue. Compare this definition to that of bio-based material. In the first Consensus Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials a biomaterial was defined as "a nonviable material used in a medical device, intended to interact with biological systems" but was later in the second round defined as a "material intended to interface with biological systems to evaluate, treat, augment or replace any tissue, org ...

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• Biomaterial - Six definitions of the word biomaterial and some comments
• Biomaterial - Useful Links
• Biomaterial - References

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Breast reduction, or reduction mammaplasty, is a surgical procedure which involves the reduction in the size of breasts by excising fat, skin, and glandular tissue; it may also involve a procedure to counterract drooping of the breasts. As with breast augmentation, this procedure is performed most often on women. Breast reduction surgery is oriented toward women with large, pendulous breasts, since the weight of their breasts may cause neck, back, shoulder, circulation, and/or breathing problems. The weight may also caus ...

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An amorphous solid is a solid in which there is no long-range order of the positions of the atoms. (Solids in which there is long-range atomic order are called crystalline solids.) Most classes of solid materials can be found or prepared in an amorphous form. For instance, common window glass is an amorphous ceramic, many polymers (such as polystyrene) are amorphous, and even foods such as cotton candy are amorphous solids. Amorphous materials are commonly prepared by rapidly cooling molten material. The cooling reduces the mob ...

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• Amorphous solid - Glasses
• Amorphous solid - Metallic glass
• Amorphous solid - Other synthesis routes
• Amorphous solid - Damage
• Amorphous solid - Cold Deposition
• Amorphous solid - Toward a strict definition

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A vacuum pump is a pump that removes gas molecules from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum. Vacuum pump - Mechanisms of pump operation. Vacuum pumps operate according to various mechanisms; sometimes more than one will be used (in series or in parallel) in a single application. A partial vacuum, or rough vacuum, can be created using a positive displacement pump that transports a gas load from an inlet port to an outlet (exhaust) port. Because of their mechanical limitations, su ...

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• Vacuum pump - Mechanisms of pump operation
• Vacuum pump - Effectiveness of pumps
• Vacuum pump - Types of vacuum pumps
• Vacuum pump - Uses of vacuum pumps
• Vacuum pump - History of the vacuum pump

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Bionics (also known as biomimetics, biognosis, or biomimicry, Bionical Creatology, Bionical Creativity Engineering (S.Mahdi Golestan Hashemi) is the application of methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. Also a short form of biomechanics, the word 'bionic' is actually a portmanteau formed from biology (from the Greek word "βιος", pronounced "vios", ...

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• Bionics - Methods
• Bionics - Examples of biomimetics
• Bionics - Specific uses of the term
• Bionics - In business
• Bionics - In medicine
• Bionics - Politics
• Bionics - Other uses
• Bionics - Quotes
• Bionics - External link
• Bionics - References

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A cataract (origin is from Latin cataracta, a waterfall, and from Greek kataraktes, katarrhaktes, from katarassein, to dash down, from kata-, down + arassein, to strike, dash.) [1] is any opacity which develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its envelope. Cataracts form for a variety of reasons, including long term ultraviolet exposure, secondary effects of diseases such as diabetes, or simply due to advanced age; they are usually a result of denaturation of lens proteins. Genetic factors are ofte ...

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• Cataract - Cataract surgery
• Cataract - Etymology
• Cataract - Types of cataracts

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Dr. Dana Katherine Scully (February 23, 1964 -) is a fictional character in The X-Files television show, played by Gillian Anderson. She is 5'2." Scully is a medical doctor and FBI agent, the partner of Special Agent Fox Mulder. She is Catholic, which often creates moral dilemmas for her, and is far more skeptical than Mulder, even in defiance of apparent evidence. She earned a B.S. in Physics from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her undergraduate thesis was entitle ...

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• Dana Scully - Quotes

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Cyborg. Art by Mike McKone. Victor "Vic" Stone otherwise known as Cyborg, is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a member of the Teen Titans, and is also a regular on the Teen Titans animated series. Cyborg comics - Comics. Vic Stone was the son of a pair of scientists who decided to use him as a test subject for various intelligence enhancement projects. However, Victor grew to resent this treatment and fell in with a young miscreant who led him into trouble with th ...

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• Cyborg comics - Comics
• Cyborg comics - Infinite Crisis
• Cyborg comics - Appearances in Television Series
• Cyborg comics - Superfriends
• Cyborg comics - Teen Titans
• Cyborg comics - Smallville
• Cyborg comics - External sources

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Castration, gelding, neutering, orchiectomy, or orchidectomy is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a biological male loses use of the testes. This causes sterilization, i.e. prevents him from reproducing; it also greatly reduces the production of certain hormones, such as testosterone. It should not be confused with penectomy, which is the whole or partial removal of the penis, nor with vasectomy, which is a procedure to sterilize a male by blocking the vasa deferentia, the t ...

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• Castration - Castration in humans
• Castration - History
• Castration - Reasons
• Castration - Medical consequences
• Castration - Castration In Veterinary Practice
• Castration - In animal fancy
• Castration - In animal husbandry
• Castration - Miscellaneous

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Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth and their supporting bones and soft tissues) to human beings. A dentist is a professional practitioner of dentistry. In most countries, several years of training in a university (usually 4-8) and some practical experience working with actual patients' dentition are required to become a qualified dentist. The patron saint of dentists is Saint Apollonia, martyred in Alexandria by having all her teeth violently ...

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• Dentistry - Specialties
• Dentistry - History
• Dentistry - Dentistry throughout the world
• Dentistry - Dentistry in Australia
• Dentistry - Dentistry in Canada
• Dentistry - Dentistry in Hong Kong
• Dentistry - Dentistry in India
• Dentistry - Dentistry in Pakistan
• Dentistry - Dentistry in Slovakia
• Dentistry - Dentistry in the United Kingdom
• Dentistry - Dentistry in the United States
• Dentistry - Related dental topics
• Dentistry - Organizations

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Amorphous solids produced by other routes, such as ion implantation and thin-film deposition are, technically speaking, not glasses. Amorphous solid - Damage. One way to produce a material without an ordered structure is to take a crystalline material and remove the order by damaging it. A practical, controllable way to do this is by firing ions into the material at high speed, so that collisions inside the material knock all atoms from their original positions. This technique is known as ion implantation, and only forms amorphous solids if the material is too cold for atoms to diffuse ...

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Amorphous solid, Amorphous solid - Glasses, Amorphous solid - Metallic glass, Amorphous solid - Other synthesis routes, Amorphous solid - Damage, Amorphous solid - Cold Deposition, Amorphous solid - Toward a strict definition

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Greyhound adoption - Medical care. Typically when a group or individual picks up a Greyhound from the racetrack they need a significant amount of basic medical care: Dental cleaning Treatment for worms or other parasites Spaying and neutering Vaccinations such as rabies A microchip implant to provide a record of ownership and identification Ear cleaning to remove dirt from the tracks Clipping nails, flea bath Treatment of existing injuries, as appropriate

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Greyhound adoption, Greyhound adoption - Background, Greyhound adoption - Origins of the Greyhound adoption movement, Greyhound adoption - Care by adoption groups, Greyhound adoption - Medical care, Greyhound adoption - Living conditions, Greyhound adoption - Behavior of adopted greyhounds

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There are many methods for breast reconstruction. The two most common are: Skin expansion By far the most common method, the surgeon inserts a small balloon expander beneath the skin and periodically, over weeks or months, injects a saline solution to slowly expand the overlaying skin (see tissue expansion). Once the expander has reached an acceptable size, it may be removed and replaced with a more permanent implant. Reconstruction of the areola and nipple are performed in a separate operation after the skin has stretche ...

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Breast reconstruction, Breast reconstruction - Overview, Breast reconstruction - Techniques, Breast reconstruction - Follow-up

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