EDWARD MELMED is a surgeon in Dallas. THE FRIDAY before Thanksgiving, all U.S. plastic surgeons received a congratulatory e-mail from the principal manufacturer of breast implants. “Let’s toast this ...

In response to Paul Harasim’s April 1 article, “Silicone or saline argument goes on,” about the recent approval of silicone breast implants by the FDA: After 14 years of study, including 80,000 women ...

Allergan's silicone breast implants gained premarket approval in 2002 after a four-year study. After a 14-year hiatus, silicone breast implants have been welcomed back onto the U.S. market with equal ...

September 14, 2018 - Women receiving silicone breast implants may be at increased risk of several rare adverse outcomes compared to the general population, reports a study in Annals of Surgery. The ...

BOSTON, MA—Boston Plastic Surgery announces the addition of Motiva® silicone breast implants for breast augmentation to its list of breast implant options. As leaders in aesthetic medicine with a ...

(Reuters Health) - Women with silicone breast implants may have a higher risk of certain medical problems than women who don't get implants, but more research is needed to get a complete picture of ...

This summer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Plastic Surgery Department released the results of the largest-ever study of women with silicone breast implants. The goal of the study ...

Women receiving silicone breast implants may be at increased risk of several rare adverse outcomes compared to the general population, reports a study in Annals of Surgery. The journal is published in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials say the latest data on silicone breast implants show they are relatively safe, despite frequent complications that lead about one in five women to have the ...

(Reuters Health) - Good evidence on the safety of silicone gel breast implants is still lacking almost 10 years after they were reintroduced to the U.S. market, researchers report in the Annals of ...

Women receiving silicone breast implants may be at increased risk of several rare adverse outcomes compared to the general population. Women receiving silicone breast implants may be at increased risk ...