C Above Middle C — Facing Cancer & Finding My High Notes

DISGUSTED

2012-02-04T13:31:00.001-05:00

In her new book “That’s Disgusting; Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion”, psychologist Rachel Herz writes that DISGUST is one of “the six basic human emotions”. In fact, DISGUST itself has become a...

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Plastic Surgery and the Great War

2012-01-25T05:45:00.003-05:00

World War I seems like only yesterday this year: Steven Spielberg's "War Horse", based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, sweeps into the cineplex this month. The stage phenomenon of the same name,...

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Martin Luther King: Stone Faced

2012-01-18T05:45:00.006-05:00

This week’s observance of Martin Luther King Day is the first to be overseen by the man himself. That is to say, by a “Stone of Hope,” the nation’s official memorial to the great man, towering...

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Roger Ebert's Chin

2011-03-02T03:02:00.000-05:00

Photo: Ethan Hill/Esquire A year ago, Pulitzer prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert announced his Oscar picks on The Oprah Winfrey Show and made headlines. But not for his picks. His face ravaged...

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Facial surgeon Iain Huchison on TED

2011-02-23T18:28:00.003-05:00

Pioneering oral and facial surgeon Iain Hutchison works with people whose faces have been severely disfigured. Not only a renowned surgeon, but also a tireless advocate for improved surgical...

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Silicone, Magnets and Clips. Oh my.

2010-08-18T03:07:00.039-04:00

Chrissy Steltz, then and now (ABC) Acquired facial deformity, whether by disease, violence or other calamity, whether attended by evil or not, challenges survivors to face the rest of their lives...

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The Face of an Afghan Miracle

2010-08-12T05:00:00.004-04:00

Bibi Aisha has arrived in the United States for reconstructive facial surgery, reported the LA Times this week. The face of the Afghan teenager, barbarically mutilated by Talib relatives, has already...

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Mark Gilbert, Painter of Faces

2010-05-18T19:00:00.002-04:00

Get to know to this extraordinary artist. I first met Mark Gilbert when he was in the midst of the Saving Faces Art project, collaborating with London head and neck cancer surgeon Iain Hutchison....

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Communicating Through A Mask

2010-05-01T08:00:00.025-04:00

Singers trained in the Italian classical vocal technique are drilled to place the voice in the mask, meaning in the resonating chambers of the facial bones. But even for non-singers, the face...

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Rescuing Faces in Haiti

2010-02-12T19:30:00.021-05:00

One American physician is responding to the overwhelming misery in earthquake-stricken Haiti by committing "at least" the next year to reconstructive surgeries for survivors...

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World Cancer Day 2010

2010-02-04T19:30:00.049-05:00

World Cancer Day 2010: Cancer can be prevented too World Cancer Day is launched every year on February 4th by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC). This year’s campaign aims to increase...

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The Face of Success (the rest of the story)

2010-01-29T00:56:00.024-05:00

Quick update on that trio of spectacular facial phenomena: 1. Susan Boyle? Well on her way to fulfilling her celebrity promise, which some estimates figure at around eight million smackers. After...

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2009 - On The Face Of It

2010-01-10T19:30:00.154-05:00

Indulge me as I revisit three banner spectacles of 2009 — each has or will have a high profile update early in 2010. Coming hard upon one other last spring — at first glance, worlds apart — one...

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For the Holidays—Plastic Surgery?

2009-12-17T15:01:00.000-05:00

’Tis that season again—when our mailboxes fill with insistent recommendations for wish-listing, gift-giving … and tax-deductible philanthropy. In some happy instances, the spirit of giving elides...

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Making Sense of "The Big C"

2009-03-06T22:00:00.000-05:00

C Above Middle C is my long anticipated book project, recounting the cancer saga that ended my career as a classical singer—and pretty much everything else I had going on. In this memoir, I am...

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