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High risk medical devices escaped close review
WASHINGTON - Some medical devices for sensitive uses, from certain hip joints to a type of defibrillator, have won government approval without a close scientific review, congressional investigators said Thursday.
Source:(AP)
2009-01-16
Stem Cells Could Replace Plastic Surgery
Silicone breast implants and botox could one day be things of the past thanks to promising new techniques that would allow doctors to work plastic surgery miracles using only a patient's own stem cells.
2008-06-24
Breast implants linked with suicide in study
Women who get cosmetic breast implants are nearly three times as likely to commit suicide as other women, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
2007-08-08
Implant factory adjusts to silicone rule
In many spots, the factory looks like an especially clean industrial kitchen. Workers are covered from head to toe in surgical scrubs. Stacked on stainless steel rolling trays are mounds of various sizes and shapes, all resembling risen pizza dough.
Nations:U.S.
2007-01-21
FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants
Silicone breast implants will be widely available in the United States for the first time in 14 years after U.S. health officials approved sales by two companies on Friday.
Nations:U.S.
2006-11-17
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Silicone Implants
