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The article reports that in surgical suites from the Upper East Side to Queens and the nearby suburbs, women are paying from $3,800 to $8,000 per procedure to have their genitalia altered. Christian Guzman, chief of plastic surgery at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow is performing cosmetic procedures on women's private parts every week or so, up from once a year a few years back. In addition to the four New York area physicians who have contracted to use the LVRI trade name, another four advertise similar services on Web sites.

The article profiles Maurizio Miglietta, a director and trauma surgery at the New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. Miglietta believes that everything happens for a reason and he was destined for a career in emergencies. His intention is to empower and educate people to help in times of emergencies. He also invented Tac-Pack, a pocket-sized kit of emergency supplies including heavy-duty bandages for gunshot wounds.

This article presents information about the life of transgender pianist Sara Davis Buechner after moving from New York City to Vancouver, British Columbia. Prior to the transgender surgery, she played piano with some of the world's leading orchestras, but after the surgery she faced discrimination and a career dead end. When she moved to Vancouver she was accepted without question and is a popular university piano teacher and guest pianist. Canadians are much more accepting of personal lifestyles than Americans. .