Dr. Vicki Belo on why 20 million people trust Botox to look young

I’m obsessed with porcelain, flawless faces. I love how some actors have an ageless glow and how some newscasters’ tight skin can steal the spotlight from the headlines. I love imagining how their regimens must be like, thinking of the discipline their taut skin entails.  During a one-on-one chat with renowned doctor to the stars Dr. Vicki Belo, I was determined to find out their beauty secrets. “True, a lot of actors and newscasters get Botox,” Belo reveals. Bearing that reality in mind, I instantly got hooked on getting to the bottom of Botox.

 Considering how commonplace Botox has become, it’s ironic how it’s still shrouded in so much mystery and laden with misconception. While I personally prefer my regimens and creams, I can’t deny the merits of instant fixes and popular options, like Botox. There’s definitely a reason why “more than 20 million individuals trust  Botox to keep their appearance consistent with their active lifestyles,” reports Allergan Healthcare Philippines, Inc., makers of Botox.

 This year, Botox marks its 10th global anniversary since earning approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its aesthetic use. And, to commemorate this milestone of its star product, the Allergan group hosted an intimate dinner bash last November 8, to honor its leading customer and trusted partner, the Belo Medical Group. The Belo Medical Group has been administering Allergan’s Botox to many satisfied customers and remains to be its top customer in the Philippines.

In the Philippines, “getting Botox goes beyond wanting to look young,” says Seung Je Cho, country manager of Allergan. With its impressive medical track record, Botox has definitely earned its spot in the medical halls of fame. In fact, aside from its strides in dermatology, Botox neurotoxin is approved to treat five other medical conditions including  abnormal head position or cervical dystonia; symptoms of severe underarm sweating; increased muscle stiffness in the elbow, wrist, and finger muscles for patients with limb spasticity; chronic migraine; and urinary incontinence due to neurological conditions.

 Aside from these medical breakthroughs, the most evident proof of Botox’s effectiveness are the years it staves off faces — making, I must admit, TV viewing all the more pleasurable. Getting intimate with Dr. Vicki Belo, this Q&A answers your curious questions on beauty, Botox , and beyond.

What is Botox, really?


DR. VICKI BELO: It really started for therapeutic purposes. It paralyzes muscles temporarily. They were doing it for patients with cerebral palsy or blepharospasm. Jean Carruthers, an ophthalmologist, was injecting people with Botox for blepharospasm; and they kept coming back because the treatment also got rid of their wrinkles. The patients would insist on having Botox even on the side of their face where there was no spasm. She later informed her partner, Dr. Alastair Carruthers, a dermatologist, about her discovery. Together, they wrote a paper based on their patients, and they presented it in 1990 to the American Society for Dermatological Surgery of which I am a member.

 So, did you immediately become a fan of the product?

At first I thought: “Are you really serious? We’ll inject people with toxin just to be able to stop their wrinkles? Isn’t that a bit much? Haven’t we gone over the line?” I didn’t use it right away. I wanted to be sure. I just kept observing and later on there were more and more papers about it. I gave myself a five-year deadline, thinking that if nothing bad was reported in five years, I would start doing it. So, finally, I started doing Botox 17 years ago, way before it was really available in the Philippines. I used to have to import it from the States.

 What does Botox have over other kinds of treatments?

The public doesn’t know and they don’t really understand what it’s used for. They think laser can do what Botox does, but it can’t. They think a filler can do it, but it won’t.

When we talk about Botox, we’re talking about muscles. It doesn’t do anything much to your skin. When you talk about beauty, especially of the face, you’re dealing with four things: the epidermis, the dermis, the fat, and the muscle. Botox targets the deepest layer, which is the muscle. In fact, no other thing targets the muscle. Thermage Laser doesn’t target the muscle, fillers don’t target the muscle.

 So where and when does it come in, in terms of one’s regimen?

The filler can only come after the Botox. If you have the corrugator muscles or what we call the 11 lines here (points above the eyebrows), you have to Botox first and stop the muscles from involuntarily causing that line. Then, you can follow with a filer to bring the line up.

Just putting the filler without putting the Botox isn’t going to work. That might even make it worse because you just keep squeezing and squeezing the crease with your muscles, and so the filler is squeezed out, too.

What makes a good Botox job?

You should look like yourself, except that you have fewer lines. Unless you request and tell me that you want your eyebrows a little higher, I can do it. But what I don’t want is a patient looking like Mr. Spock.

I’m very grateful to Allergan since it’s because of them that I can make my practice work really well. You can actually do a facelift with just Botox and fillers nowadays, you don’t even really have to cut anymore. The face will go on moving, your skin will go on aging. This is not a permanent solution. By doing it, you slow down looking older.

 It seems like there’s Botox everywhere. What makes one different from the other?

Botox is actually a trade name. It’s not a generic name. Now that its patent has expired after 20 years, though, there’s already Botox from China and from India, and they’re very cheap. But they’re also very unpredictable and not FDA-approved. There are no studies about them. And people use them because they’re cheaper. It’s scary.

People say, “You can easily Botox this and Botox that.” But you’d better ask for the bottle to see if it’s really Allergan. That’s the only real Botox. Everything else is clostridium botulinum toxin, yes. But, it isn’t exactly the same formula as Allegran. Sometimes, they put the clostridium botulinum in, but the carrier is different, so it’s more painful; or sometimes they don’t know how to regulate it. It takes a lot of money to have that kind of research and predictability, so that’s why we always insist on using Allergan Botox, so that you’ll know you’re sure. Besides, it’s your face, and you shouldn’t experiment.

 If you start on Botox, won’t you have to do it forever?

That is true. It’s not that you have to, but if you want to look rested and not problematic, then yes. The good thing is that the gaps in between get longer. If, say, you’re a Botox virgin, then you need to get your next (treatment) in three months, maybe. If you’ve had two sessions done already, it can go up to four months and five months, before you actually need a next treatment. The longest gap without the movement coming back is one year. For most people, the movement comes back after four to six months.

 “Paralyzing muscles” sounds a tad too stiff and frozen. How true is this?

The negative connotations are not real. I’ve been Botoxing for the past 17 years, and I’m not “frozen.” I mean, I have expression, there’s no doubt about that, but it’s an expression that I want. It’s the expression that I want to come out.

You see, in doing this (frowns and scrunches forehead), the motions are often involuntary and the message that you project is that you’re worried or you’re not a nice person; you look sungit. And that’s not the message that you want to project. A lot of nice people end up looking worried or cranky because they do that.

The first question we ask when someone comes in is, “How much of it (your lines) do you want gone?” We can do a frozen face with no expression, with no lines at all, but I advise against that. I want patients to have expressions, but soft.

 But don’t we like our facial lines to give us more character/wisdom/history?

Yeah, right! Well, it depends on what character you want to create or channel. Seriously, it’s very European to say that. They don’t care about their lines. They say, “I’ve earned those lines. They’re my lines.” In the US, they don’t want any lines. Filipinos don’t want any lines either. If you’re worried about “creating character,” do it in other ways, not with lines on your face.


 For inquiries, call the Belo hotline at 819-BELO (2356) or e-mail info@belomed.com.

source: philstar.com

Top medical innovations treat headaches, diabetes

The best medical innovations for next year include an almond-size device implanted in the mouth to relieve severe headaches and a handheld scanner resembling a blow dryer that detects skin cancer, the Cleveland Clinic said on Wednesday.

The clinic's annual list of the best medical innovations for 2013 includes better mammography technology and new drugs to treat advanced prostate cancer.

Leading the 2013 list for innovations is an old procedure that has a new use due to findings in a recent study. Physicians and researchers at the clinic voted weight-loss surgery as the top medical innovation, not for its effectiveness in reducing obesity, but for its ability to control Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease.

Over the years, bariatric surgeons noticed that the procedure would often rid obese patients of Type 2 diabetes before they even left the hospital.

Dr. Philip Schauer, head of the Cleveland Clinic's Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, led a study examining this phenomenon, and the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published the results earlier this year.

"Bariatric surgery has been around for a while," Cleveland Clinic Chief Wellness Officer Dr. Michael Roizen said in an interview. "The reason it was chosen as the top innovation is because Medicare has broadened its indication for payment, and Medicaid in many states follows Medicare. A lot of the other (private) insurance companies started covering it, so it's much more accessible."

The criteria that insurers use to cover the surgery has been broadened because of its effectiveness in controlling Type 2 diabetes, he said.

The number of people affected by diabetes has tripled over the past 30 years to more than 20 million Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 90 percent of those cases are Type 2, a condition in which the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin.

Doctors and researchers at the Cleveland Clinic voted for what they thought were the biggest, most significant innovations from the 250 ideas submitted from their colleagues. Roizen said one of the main criteria for getting on the list is the number of people that the product or procedure can potentially help.

For that reason, a device that helps relieve headaches, the second-most common ailment after the cold, was second on the clinic's list.

The miniaturized device—invented at the Cleveland Clinic and spun off into a separate, private company called Autonomic Technologies Inc—is implanted in the upper gum above the second molar to treat cluster and migraine headaches. A lead tip of the implant is placed near specific nerves behind the bridge of the nose.

When the patient feels the headache coming on, a remote control device is placed on the outside of the cheek, and the device delivers stimulation to those nerves, blocking pain.

The implant is available in Europe, but not in the United States. The company needs to do more studies to get approval from the US Food and Drug Administration, said Dr. Frank Papay, department chair of the clinic's Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute and a consultant to Autonomic Technologies.

A handheld device used to detect melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, was also on the list.

"Up until now, we've counted on our eyes," Dr. Allison Vidimos, who chairs the clinic's dermatology department, told Reuters. "This device offers an objective look underneath the skin using a special spectrum of light."

It compares moles and other marks on the patient's skin with a large database containing information on all types of melanoma. It also rates the risk.

"All dermatologists fear missing melanomas," Vidimos said. "The cure rate can be close to 100 percent if caught early."

Vidimos said using a device, manufactured by Mela Sciences Inc and approved by FDA last year for use by trained dermatologists, helped prevent unnecessary biopsies. The Mela scanner is also approved in Europe.

Verisante Technology Inc also makes a scanning device, which is approved in Canada, Europe and Australia. It has applied for US approval, the company said.

Also on the list is a new type of mammography, called breast tomosynthesis. This technology provides greater detail of the image than the standard mammography, which renders a two-dimensional image.

For the patient, it may seem like there's no difference. "You still have the squish," said Dr. Alice Rim, the Cleveland Clinic's section head of diagnostic radiology. But the images produced by the new technology show the breast in slices, for more visible detail.

"With two-dimensional mammography, there are shadows, so it can be like a polar bear running around in a snowstorm," Rim said. "This eliminates the shadows, allowing increased detection and fewer call backs (for a second mammography)."

Other devices that made the list include mass spectrometry that allows microbiology laboratories to identify the type of bacteria in infections sooner and with more specificity, a new modular stent graft to treat complex aortic aneurysms, and a laser for cataract surgery.

Novel drugs to treat advanced prostate cancer were on the clinic's list because of their ability to halt the progress of the disease by blocking testosterone receptors.

A new technique to repair and regenerate damaged lungs, called ex vivo lung perfusion, is on the list. Experts say as many as 40 percent of previously rejected donor lungs may now be suitable for transplantation after undergoing this novel "lung washing."

The procedure involves placing donor lungs into a bubble-like chamber connected to a cardiopulmonary pump and ventilator. Over four to six hours, the lungs are repaired as special fluids are forced through the blood vessels. Nutrients are used to recondition the lungs as they inflate and deflate.

The final item on the list is neither a procedure, a drug nor a device, but healthcare programs that use incentives to encourage people to take better care of themselves.

For example, the Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act of 2012 provides incentive payments to Medicare participants who voluntarily establish and maintain better health.

"We are seeing efforts to avoid rationing of healthcare and seeing programs with incentives built in if people maintain their health," Roizen said. "This can radically change the cost of care.

"We're seeing this more in big companies, the GE's and J&J's of the world. All companies are looking at how much they are spending on healthcare, and they are looking at ways they can reduce spending without rationing." –Reuters

source: gmanetwork.com

Robin Roberts Friday Is My Last Day at 'GMA'

Robin Roberts will begin her medical leave from "Good Morning America" on Friday ... so she can undergo bone-marrow transplant surgery.

Earlier this year, Roberts announced she was was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) ... a disease that attacks the blood and bone marrow.

Roberts says her sister is the bone marrow donor ... explaining, "[she] is a perfect match and she’s been spending a lot of time with me. She’s been taking shots to help her prepare."

Roberts says the procedure is scheduled for Tuesday ... and says she plans to return to work following her recovery.

"I know I’m going to have a job when I come back."


As TMZ previously reported, "GMA" is planning to use a roster of star-studded subs to fill in for Roberts during her absence.

source: tmz.com

Criminal case vs Belo, 2 others for botched butt procedures dismissed

MANILA, Philippines - Quezon City chief prosecutor Donald Lee has upheld the dismissal of criminal cases against cosmetic surgeon Dr. Vicky Belo and two others by a patient who claimed to have suffered infections in her buttocks after two augmentation procedures.

Apart from Belo, also exonerated from the cases of estafa/other deceits and violation of Medical Act of 1959 (illegal practice of medicine) were Dr. Francis Decanghon and Dr. Ronaldo Cayetano of the Belo Medical Group.

The cases stemmed from the complaint of trader Josefina Norcio, who claimed that she suffered severe infections in her buttocks after undergoing butt enhancements, which endangered her life and health.

In a seven-page review, Lee affirmed the June 8, 2012 resolution of 4th assistant city prosecutor Fabinda Santos, who dismissed the cases against the doctors citing lack of probable cause.

The chief fiscal agreed with the disposition that the charges of estafa/other deceits and violation of Medical Act of 1959 should be dismissed as the respondents are duly licensed physicians and that the butt infection Norcio complained of is remotely connected to the hydrogel butt augmentations done in 2002 and 2005.

"The rest of the disposition in the said resolution insofar as it dismisses the charge of estafa/other decits and violation of Medical Act 1959 against the respondent-surgeons is hereby approved and retained in toto," he said.

Lee however reversed Santos's recommendation to file in court the perjury case filed by Belo against Norcio.

"Viewed from the foregoing, the resolution of Prosecutor delos Santos is hereby modified by dismissing the charge of perjury against Josefina Norcio," the review said.

Belo charged Norcio with perjury after the latter answered "no" in the Investigation Data Form's question if she has a similar complaint filed before any other office.

In dismissing the perjury complaint, Lee noted that since the separate cases filed by Norcio are outside the operative prohibition against forum shopping, her failure to make the disclosure in the investigation data form is insignificant or of no consequence and would not cause the dismissal of her cases against Belo.

On two occasions, Norcio filed cases of estafa, reckless imprudence resulting in serious physical injuries, tax evasion and false, deceptive or misleading advertisement in connection with her botched butt augmentation surgeries.

She filed the first set of cases against the cosmetic surgeons in 2009 for their alleged false representation that the hydrogel and butt enhancement operation were perfectly safe.

These were dismissed the following year for insufficiency of evidence. Norcio sought a review at the Department of Justice which has not yet been resolved.

In 2011, Norcio filed the second set of cases, which were eventually dismissed by delos Santos and affirmed by Lee.

source: interaksyon.com

Xbox Kinect hacks set innovation in motion

London (CNN) -- Microsoft's popular Kinect for Xbox 360 has inspired countless ingenious "hacks" since its launch at the end of 2010.

The motion-sensing device has been modified to produce everything from real-time light sabers to nifty trash bins which catch your garbage (however bad your aim), proving a catalyst for creativity and invention.

Today, Kinect's reach extends far beyond its gaming origins, spurring advances in medical treatment.

Researchers at the UK's University of Southampton, for example, are using the technology to help patients recovering from a stroke.

A specially devised algorithm enables therapists to remotely track patients' hand and finger movements and guide them through exercises which compliment a wider program of physiotherapy.

"It widens our opportunities to make rehabilitation more accessible to people in their homes," says Cheryl Metcalf, lecturer in Biomechanics at Southampton.

"(Patients) can just plug it into their TV and be monitored over the internet," she said. "The whole tele-medicine idea opens up so many different avenues to be able to look and measure progress objectively."

Aided by electrical engineering company Roke Manor Research, Metcalf and colleagues have created a prototype which is currently being assessed against the traditional laboratory-based system.

It's an accessible technology which people are more willing to accept, says Metcalf, and Microsoft have been very supportive.

"We're very grateful to them for releasing the (Kinect for Windows) SDK (software development kit) and making it more accessible to people," she said.

The kit has been a hit with developers with downloads in the "hundreds of thousands" since its release 18 months ago, according to Microsoft.

The company itself has been busy looking at ways to exploit the technology through its network of research laboratories around the world.

At Microsoft Research's UK base in Cambridge, scientists are currently trialing a new imaging tool for surgeons.

"Touchless Interaction in Medical Imaging" gives surgeons the power to manipulate scans and medical images on a computer screen using hand gestures.

Doctors at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge and London's St Thomas' Hospital have been impressed with the equipment, says Helena Mentis, one of the Microsoft Research team working on the project.

"They've all been extremely excited to be able to have hands-on manipulation of imaging data that they are so reliant on, particularly with the push towards minimally invasive surgery," Mentis said.

Dr Tom Carrell, vascular surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, says Kinect has the potential to radically change surgery.

"With Kinect, we could revolutionize the way we do complex operations. Patients will spend less time in theater, and surgeons will be more in control of the information they need," Carrell said in a statement.

Kinect's influence could extend further says Mentis, manipulating 3-D models of the brain for neurosurgery and expanding touchless interaction into a whole suite of surgical tools.

Back in Southampton, the same optimism persists about the progress that can be made using Kinect for Windows.

Metcalf predicts that a commercially viable tool for stroke patients will be achieved within five years and that this flurry of activity is only the beginning.

"The other work that's going on around the world in different domains means we can all learn from each other as well," she said. "It just pushes the whole field forward."

source: CNN

Preschool snoring could signal behavioral problems - study

Preschoolers who habitually snore may be at greater risk of behavioral problems than other children their age, according to a US study.

Researchers, who results appeared in the journal Pediatrics, found that two- and three-year olds who snored loudly at least a couple of times per week tended to have more problems with inattention and hyperactivity.

More than one-third of those "persistent" snorers were considered to be at least at risk of a behavioral disorder, like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

This compared with 10 to 12 percent of their peers who either did not snore or had shorter-lived problems, said researchers led by Dean Beebe, of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

The findings do not prove that the breathing problems directly lead to behavioral problems or that treating the underlying cause of snoring can improve children's behavior.

"Kids are going to snore sometimes, especially when they have a cold," Beebe said in an interview. "It's when the snoring persists that it gets concerning."

He added that chronic, loud snoring "should be on parents' radar, and it's something they should bring up to their pediatrician."

The study adds to others that have linked children's behavior to so-called sleep-disordered breathing -- when kids chronically snore, mouth-breathe or seem to stop breathing for several seconds at a time as they sleep, also called apnea.

For the study, 249 children were followed from birth to age three. Overall, nine percent were considered persistent snorers based on parents' reports. That meant they'd snored loudly at least twice a week at the ages of both two and three.

Another 23 percent were "transient" snorers, meaning they'd snored at least twice a week at either age two or three but not both. The rest of the children, 68 percent, were considered non-snorers.

Overall, 35 percent of the persistent snorers scored high enough on a standard questionnaire to at least be considered "at risk" of a behavioral disorder, though that didn't mean they had one.

"It isn't necessarily diagnostic, but they're showing more problems than is typical," Beebe said.

There are reasons to believe that sleep-disordered breathing would affect children's behavior. One reason is that poor sleep quality could make them tired and more easily frustrated.

Based on animal research, it's possible that when apnea causes oxygen levels to go down repeatedly overnight, there might effects on the brain circuitry.

Beebe's team accounted for family income, children's exposure to cigarette smoke and certain other factors, and the snoring-behavior link still held. Although, Beebe said it's always possible that there are other explanations.

For now, he recommended that parents be aware that persistent snoring is "not normal" and is something they should tell their pediatrician about.

source: interaksyon.com

Pregnancy & Beyond series in Makati Medical Center

Whether mom or mom-to-be, go straight to the experts and get all the medical advice you need on the journey to and through parenthood at Makati Medical Center as the premier health institution holds Pregnancy and Beyond 2012, its annual series of free lay forums about pregnancy and baby care.

The forums will be held every last Saturday of the month from June to November, 10am to 1pm, at the MakatiMed Auditorium on the 8th Floor of Tower 2.

Topics to be discussed are: For a Healthy Baby: Spotting Red Flags: Newborn Screening, Developmental Delays, and Basic Immunization (June 30 and November 24), Nutrition for Pregnancy and Pre-natal Care (July 28); Sexy Pregnancy: Lamaze and Exercises for the Anticipating (August 25); The Baby Manual: Breastfeeding, Infant Care, Nutrition and Post-partum Care (September 29); and Looking after your Baby: Touch Therapy, Colors, and Safe Toys for Infants (October 27).

For inquiries, call 8888.999, or email mmc@makatimed.net.ph.

source: mb.com.ph

Best face forward: Chin implants surge in popularity

BOSTON - Over the last year Dr. Darrick Antell has performed up to three or four chin implants a day, reflecting a national trend that has seen chin augmentations emerge as the fastest growing plastic surgery trend of 2011.

After about a 45-minute outpatient procedure and a bill ranging from $3,500 to $7,500, New York-based Antell's patients emerge with what he said is a confidence boost: an athletic, youthful look from a more prominent chin.

"People want that leading lady, leading man look," said Antell, who is also an assistant clinical professor of surgery at Columbia University.

"If you look at people in the limelight, they all have strong chins and it's a part of the profile that has long been overlooked," he said.

Chin implants surged by 71 percent in 2011 as more than 20,600 adults went under the knife to sharpen their jaw lines, up from roughly 12,000 the year before, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Strong chins are associated with leadership, confidence and honesty, Antell said, not to mention some powerful men and women.

"Romney's got a great chin," Antell said of the presidential hopeful. "Obama has a pretty good chin. Bill Clinton has a very good chin."

Popular among men and women

Chin implants surgery increased more than breast augmentation, Botox and liposuction combined last year with both men and women opting for the procedure in nearly equal numbers, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Chin augmentation, or actually making the chin protrude more, increased among all patients over the age of 20, with the most significant increases in patients 40 and older, according to the society.

Facial aging tends to appear first on the chin and jaw line and surgery provides a quick change, experts said. They also point to video chat and online photo technology as driving forces behind the escalating numbers.

Posting pictures on Facebook, online dating sites and the increasingly prevalent use of video chat technology like Skype and FaceTime make it harder to hide a person's least favorite feature or perceived flaws, said Dr. Malcolm Roth, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the head of plastic surgery at Albany Medical Center in New York.

"We tend to not look at what we don't like," said Roth. "I think there is a heightened awareness to how we look to the outside world."

The surgery is even appealing to people out of work, according to Roth, who said the cost hasn't deterred some who say it gives them more confidence at job interviews.

Chin augmentation can be done by putting a semi-solid implant on top of the chin, by moving bone to reconstruct the chin or simply by using a needle and syringe for an injection to enhance the chin, Roth said.

The procedure leaves minimal scarring from a very small incision and is sometimes coupled with micro-liposuction to trim a so-called double chin, enhancing the neck and jaw line even further.

Recuperation is easy and patients can typically be back to normal routines in a matter of days, Roth said.

Despite the chin implant boom, breast augmentation still reigns as the most popular cosmetic procedure. The surgery costs about $10,000 more than 307,000 procedures were performed in 2011, statistics showed.

Antell said he expects the chin implants trend to continue, largely because of the quick recovery and low complication rate. He added that other similar, smaller scale procedures at a younger age are also likely to climb.

"This is an operation that whispers, it doesn't shout," said Antell. "Most people are not looking for huge changes, they are just hoping to look a little better, the best they can." –Reuters

source: gmanetwork.com

Anna Nicole Smith Doc's License YANKED ... for 90 Days

One of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors is losing her medical license -- temporarily -- over her conviction for writing prescriptions for Anna under false names.

According to court documents, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and the The Medical Board of California reached a settlement ... in which the doc admitted to her conviction of a crime in the Anna Nicole case -- and making false statements in a psychiatric report, unrelated to Anna Nicole.

As a result the Board is suspending Eroshevich's medical license for 90 days and putting her on probation for 5 years.

A jury convicted Eroshevich of a felony in October 2010 -- but in 2011 a judge knocked it down to a misdemeanor ... and she was sentenced to one year probation.

As part of her Medical Board discipline, Eroshevich will also have to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and take an ethics course.

source: http://www.tmz.com/2012/04/02/anna-nicole-smith-doctor-khristine-erosovich-medical-license-suspended/#.T3ql5tn64zA