Los Angeles Times
Komen breast cancer charity severs ties with Planned ParenthoodLos Angeles TimesSusan G. Komen for the Cure says it will stop funding Planned Parenthood centers. Many suspect the move is a result of political pressure by antiabortion activists. An estimated 45000 people participated in the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure in …Susan [...]
USA TODAY
CDC report: U.S. breast cancer screening below national targetsThe State ColumnIn a report released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute, cancer screening among Americans remains lower than national targets. While cancer is a growing issue in the US, some Americans …CDC: Too few Americans [...]
msnbc.com
Maker of Faulty Breast Implants Is Released on BailNew York TimesPARIS — The case against the founder of a French company at the center of an international scandal over substandard breast implants advanced on Friday as he was placed under formal criminal investigation. The suspect, Jean-Claude Mas, was detained in …Breast implant scandal: What went [...]
USA TODAY
Breast implant scandal: What went wrong?CNNBy Bryony Jones, CNN Implants made by French company PIP have been found to contain industrial-grade silicone, instead of medical-grade ingredients. London (CNN) — The founder of a French company that made breast implants linked to a major health …Maker of Faulty Breast Implants Is Released on BailNew York [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
Authorities in France file charges against former head of suspect breast …Washington PostMARSEILLE, France — French authorities have filed preliminary charges against the former head of a now-defunct company accused of supplying potentially faulty breast implants affecting thousands of women. A judge in the southeastern city of Marseille …Breast implant company's founder charged, attorney saysCNNImplants [...]
ABC News
French Breast Implant Firm's Former Execs ArrestedABC News(ABCNEWS.com) Police in pre-dawn sweeps Thursday arrested two top former executives of the now-defunct French company at the center of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide. Jean-Claude Mas, who founded and ran …French implant boss released, faces bodily harm chargeReutersImplant firm's former [...]
Los Angeles Times
France breast implant company founder arrestedLos Angeles TimesJean-Claude Mas of Poly Implant Prothese, which is embroiled in an international health scare, has acknowledged using silicone not approved for medical use. Jean-Claude Mas, founder of a breast implant maker at the center of an international health …Cosmetic surgery unaffected by French implant scare: studyAFPBreast [...]
CBC.ca
French Police Detain Founder of Breast Implant MakerNew York TimesPARIS — The founder of a French company that made hundreds of thousands of breast implants from industrial-grade silicone, causing anxiety among women around the world, was detained in a dawn raid on his home in southern France, the authorities said …PIP breast implant boss Jean-Claude [...]
msnbc.com
Former Head of French Breast Implant Maker ArrestedTIMEBy AP | January 26, 2012 | + The former head of a French company at the center of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide was arrested Thursday in southeast France, an official says. Jean-Claude Mas, who founded and ran …Ex-Head of French [...]
Los Angeles Times
Avastin May Help Fight Early Breast CancerWebMDBy Brenda Goodman, MA Jan. 25, 2012 — Don't count out the drug Avastin as a breast cancer treatment just yet. But don't count it in, either. In November, the FDA took the unusual step of nixing Avastin's approval for advanced breast cancer, …Studies Reignite Debate over [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
Breast implant scandal: firms should 'step up' says Andrew LansleyTelegraph.co.ukAndrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, was under pressure last night to bring in legislation to force private clinics to pay for women to have faulty breast implants removed. Women with faulty PIP breast implants march along London's Harley Street. …PIP breast implant row boss Mel Braham [...]
BBC News
Breast implants: Andrew Lansley calls for clinic actionBBC NewsHealth Secretary Andrew Lansley has accused private clinics which inserted potentially faulty PIP breast implants of "not stepping up to their responsibilities" in removing them. The now-banned implants were not filled with medical grade silicone. …Brazil bans sale of Dutch co's breast implantsLas Vegas SunPIP silicone [...]
BBC News
PIP breast implants: Women march on private clinicsBBC NewsAround 60 women have marched on private cosmetic clinics that fitted now-banned PIP breast implants, as an NHS media campaign set out government advice. Marchers in London called on clinics to replace PIP implants free of charge. …Dozens of women march on Harley Street demanding PIP [...]
The Guardian
Surgeon will remove PIP breast implants for free in JerseyBBC NewsA consultant plastic surgeon who has used PIP breast implants on patients from Jersey has offered to give his time for free to remove them. Jersey's health service said no patients in the island's hospital had had breast surgery involving the implants …Health Secretary [...]
USA TODAY
Dutch women told to have breast implants removedReuters| AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch health authorities said on Wednesday women who had breast implants made by a French company at the heart of a global health scare should have them removed because of the high risk of rupture, reversing an earlier …PIP breast implants: Harley Medical [...]
USA TODAY
Dutch women told to have breast implants removedChicago TribuneAMSTERDAM, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Dutch health authorities said on Wednesday women who had breast implants made by a French company at the heart of a global health scare should have them removed because of the high risk of rupture, reversing an earlier …Breast implant concerns [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
The breast implant scandal strips away the glossy euphemisms of cosmetic surgeryTelegraph.co.ukLiving the dream? Katie Price (aka Jordan) is a poster girl for 'enhanced femininity' Photo: GETTY By Jenny McCartney Say what you like about PIP, the disgraced French company at the heart of the implants scandal: they might have had a serious problem …'No [...]
The Guardian
UK breast implant victims want answersCNN InternationalBy Atika Shubert, CNN Bournemouth, England (CNN) — When Rowena Macintosh was deciding on whether or not to get breast implants, she told the operating surgeon that she was concerned about leaking silicone from the implants. …British Clarification on Implant Scandal Leaves Women Only More ConfusedNew York TimesMixed [...]
USA TODAY
Mixed advice in Europe over faulty breast implantsThe Associated PressLONDON (AP) — European health authorities issued widely different recommendations Friday in dealing with potentially faulty French-made breast implants, with Germany and the Czech Republic following France in recommending their removal, while Britain …UK: No cancer link from faulty breast implantsUSA TODAYNHS shift on PIP [...]
BBC News
PIP breast implants: 'rupture rate low' say private clinicsBBC NewsBy James Gallagher Health reporter, BBC News The organisation which represents UK private breast implant clinics says the rupture rate of the banned PIP implants is not abnormally high. The implants caused a health scare after French authorities found …Czechs tell women with PIP implants [...]