NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who have breast reconstruction after cancer surgery tend to be happier with the cosmetic results of silicone implants than with saline-filled ones, a study published ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new silicone-gel breast implant from Sientra, making it the third company to market the controversial products in the U.S. Santa ...

Attempts to improve the look of the breast by augmenting its size and shape date back to the late 1880s. Among the materials inserted in breasts early on were ivory, glass balls, ground rubber, ox ...

After a 14-year ban, the Food & Drug Administration on Nov. 17 approved silicone gel implants for cosmetic breast enhancement in people over 22 years old and for breast reconstruction with no age ...

Silicone gel breast implants will not be allowed back on the market for general use because they have not been proved safe over the long term, the federal government said yesterday. The rejection, ...

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Suggested Citation: "10 Neurological Disease and Its Association with Silicone Breast Implants." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Safety of Silicone Breast Implants. Washington, DC: The National Academies ...