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 ...

When it comes to breast augmentation, which involves breast implants, there are actually two types to choose from: saline and silicone. While they achieve a similar look and are both approved by the ...

Silicone-gel breast implants may soon return to the U.S. market after an 11-year, near-total ban now that government advisers have recommended reluctantly that sales resume under very strict ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Review of the Reports of the Independent Review Group and the National Science Panel." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Safety of Silicone Breast Implants. Washington, DC: ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Approximately 300,00 breast implant surgeries are performed in the United States each year. But the surgery doesn’t come without risks. In fact, the evidence is clear. According ...

Textured silicone breast implants, generally believed safe, can result in immune-related complications, including cancer. Every year, about 400,000 people in the United States receive silicone breast ...

After more than a decade of sharply restricted sales because of health concerns, silicone gel breast implants are poised for an unusual return to the market. The Food and Drug Administration is ...

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 ...

Makers of silicone breast implants will try to persuade the government next spring to lift a long-term ban on most uses of the devices, presenting new data about safety and durability. Inamed Corp., a ...

Just a few years ago, Inamed Corp. was struggling for survival after years of litigation from women convinced that the company’s silicone gel implants had irrevocably damaged their health. These days, ...

WASHINGTON -- Thirteen years after most use of silicone-gel breast implants was banned, the government reopened emotional debate Monday on whether to lift the restrictions -- despite lingering ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...