Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery – particularly those who were at a healthy body mass index (BMI) before surgery, reports a paper in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. “Our experience suggests that BMI and body trend upwards after reduction mammaplasty in teens and young women,” comments lead author William N. Doyle Jr, a medical student at University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa. “These patients should be…
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Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) was one of the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in 2024 but has seen heavy selling pressure alongside its AI peers so far in 2025. While the prevailing fear driving the markets lower right now is centered around the effects of tariffs and a potential trade war, another initiative also affects government spending: the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk. This initiative has set out to find wasteful government spending and in particularly audited the number of software licenses available versus the number of users actually using the software. While Palantir’s software hasn’t…
The latest tech sell-off has been hard on many companies, including Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL). At its high, Alphabet attained a valuation worth over $2.5 trillion. Now, it sits at $2 trillion. That’s a huge amount of value erased from one of the world’s top tech companies in just a few weeks. But was the sell-off justified for Alphabet? Alphabet is now the cheapest stock in the Magnificent Seven cohort by far, yet it has better finances than many of the others in that grouping. As a result, I think Alphabet is a solid buy here, but there is…
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Image source: The Motley Fool. DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU)Q4 2025 Earnings CallMar 13, 2025, 5:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for joining DocuSign’s fourth quarter fiscal year ’25 earnings conference call. At this time all participants are in a listen only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. As a reminder, this call is being recorded, and there will be available for replay from the investor relations section of the website following the call. [Operator instructions] I will now pass the…
Image source: The Motley Fool. Tilly’s (NYSE: TLYS)Q4 2024 Earnings CallMar 12, 2025, 4:30 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day and welcome to the Tilly’s fourth quarter and full year 2024 earnings conference call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator instructions] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Gar Jackson, investor relations. Please go ahead. Gar Jackson — Investor Relations Good afternoon and welcome to the…