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NEWS ABOUT: spas

spas stories: 2 news summaries

Spas Meet Surgery, Results Not Always Pretty

Hybrid medical spas face increasing scrutiny after death

Nov 5, 09 10:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Medical spas offering pedicures alongside plastic surgery are gathering steam, their numbers swelling 85% from mid-2007 to the end of last year—and coming under scrutiny. The death of a Florida woman undergoing liposuction at one of the nation's 1,800 such spas has added fire to proposed legislation in... More »

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surgery • spas • liposuction • medical spas

 In Saudi Arabia, 
 a Hotel for Women 

Men-free Luthan Hotel 'meeting a very big demand' in conservative Muslim kingdom

Mar 21, 08 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia’s first hotel catering exclusively to women—right down to its plush spa—opened this week in Riyadh, the Independent reports. The conservative kingdom enforces strict Islamic segregation of sexes in public, but women can stay at the Luthan Hotel without a male guardian—nor any men on... More »

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Middle East • Saudi Arabia • Riyadh • Islamic Sharia law • hotel • spa • spas • Muslim women • Wahhabism • Luthan Hotel

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