AFP
UK data 'shows higher risk of breast implant ruptures'AFPLONDON — Britain's biggest cosmetic surgery chain has revealed that rupture rates on allegedly faulty French-made breast implants are seven times higher than previously thought, a report said Sunday. The new data from Transform, reported in the Sunday …Breast implant scandal: timeline of how events unfoldedTelegraph.co.ukReview of [...]
The Guardian
Breast implants scandal: Andrew Lansley orders new review of dangersThe GuardianThe government is to review the risks posed by faulty silicone breast implants after suggestions that more than 3000 women in the UK could face complications. Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, announced on Saturday that there were fears that …Risk from faulty implants reviewedThe [...]
USA TODAY
Brazil to ban sales of French-made breast implantsUSA TODAYSAO PAULO – Faulty French-made PIP breast implants will be permanently banned in Latin America's biggest country, Brazil's Health Ministry said Friday. France's health system has recommended that women with the PIP implants get them replaced, …Family of French implant maker planned new plantReutersVenezuela offers free [...]
The Guardian
Breast implant patients 'should be registered'The GuardianHealth ministers and officials may consider registers of patients who have received breast implants and other forms of cosmetic surgery in the wake of the scandal involving French manufacturers of faulty implants. Influential backbench Tories are …Insight: Breast implant scandal shows regulators in dark on riskReutersVenezuela offers free [...]
CBC.ca
Insight: Breast implant scandal shows regulators in dark on riskReutersBy Anna Yukhananov | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Long before the latest global breast implant scare, American health officials were toying with the idea of building a registry that would track patients with implants. The registry would give a better idea of …Venezuela offers free removal of [...]
The Associated Press
Venezuela to remove breast implants for freeThe Associated PressCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is offering free surgeries for women to remove faulty French-made breast implants, the country's top health official said. Health Minister Eugenia Sader said women with implants made by the now-defunct French company …Venezuela offers to pay for breast implant removalCBS [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
Venezuela offers free surgery to remove faulty French breast implantsChicago TribuneCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's top health official says free operations will be provided to women to remove faulty French-made breast implants. Health Minister Eugenia Sader says women with implants made by the now-defunct French company Poly …Venezuela offers surgery to remove breast implantsSan Francisco [...]
BBC News
Venezuela offers free removal of faulty breast implantsBBC NewsVenezuela's government has offered to pay for the removal of breast implants feared to be at risk of rupture. The authorities would cover the cost of the surgery for Venezuelan women but would not pay for replacement implants, Health Minister Eugenia …French breast implant tycoon hits [...]
Zee News
Insight: FDA warned PIP on breast implant safety in 2000ReutersBy Anna Yukhananov | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As early as 2000, US health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. That was almost 10 years before the …French breast implant [...]
msnbc.com
Venezuela offers free removal of PIP breast implantsReutersBy Deisy Buitrago and Daniel Wallis | CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela is offering women the free removal of breast implants made by a bankrupt French company that used industrial silicone to make cheap prostheses linked to health risks. …50 Argentine women threaten lawsuit for free replacements of faulty [...]
TIME
French Insurance to File Criminal Complaint on Breast ImplantsTIMEBy AP | December 27, 2011 | + France's national health insurance agency will file a criminal complaint in a breast implant scandal, an official said Saturday, after authorities recommended that women with potentially faulty implants have them removed …Insight: FDA warned PIP on breast implant safetyReutersFrench [...]
Malaysia Star
Netherlands: 1000 Dutch Women Bought Suspect Breast ImplantsNew York TimesPotentially substandard breast implants made by a French company were sold to about 1000 Dutch women under a second name, broadening the scope of an investigation that could affect some 300000 women worldwide. A health spokeswoman for the Netherlands …PIP implants sold to Dutch firm [...]
Daily Mail
Interpol launches manhunt for breast implant 'butcher'Daily MailBy Peter Allen In Paris The man being hunted by police over the breast implant health scandal is a former butcher, it emerged last night. Interpol is searching for Jean-Claude Mas, the 72-year-old founder of Poly Implant Prothese, which sold implants …France Is Seeking Implant ExecutiveNew York [...]
The Guardian
France, UK issue clashing advice on breast implantsReutersBy Brian Love and Daniel Flynn | PARIS (Reuters) – France and Britain issued conflicting advice on Friday to tens of thousands of women with breast implants made of cheap industrial silicone that some fear pose health risks. The French government urged …France Is Seeking Implant ExecutiveNew [...]
The Guardian
French breast implant chief wanted by InterpolThe GuardianInterpol is seeking the arrest of Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of a French company whose breast implants are at the centre of a global health scare. The international police agency has issued a so-called red notice for Mas. …France will pay to remove implantsColumbus DispatchBreast implant scare: [...]
Globe and Mail
France Recommends Removal of Suspect Breast ImplantsNew York TimesPARIS — French health authorities issued an extraordinary guideline on Friday urging 30000 French women to have defective breast implants removed, deepening concerns in half a dozen countries and adding more unwelcome light to failings in French …French will pay for removal of risky breast [...]
USA TODAY
Financial, legal worries dogged breast implant firmReutersBy Alexandria Sage | PARIS (Reuters) – Signs of legal problems and financial losses surrounding the French breast implant manufacturer at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide can be traced back as far back as 2003, …Interpol Seeking French Breast Implant Maker's [...]
CTV.ca
UK says no need for mass removal of breast implantsReutersBy Estelle Shirbon | LONDON (Reuters) – The British government said on Friday women with suspect breast implants made in France should not rush to have them removed, but hundreds of women were turning to lawyers with claims that the implants had …France recommends removal of [...]
CTV.ca
France recommends removal of suspect breast implantsReuters| PARIS (Reuters) – The French government recommended on Friday that tens of thousands of women in France seek removal of breast implants made of a suspect silicone gel by a firm that exported worldwide. It said the removals would be paid for out of …France recommends removal of [...]
BBC News
Breast implants: France to decide on operation payoutBBC NewsThe French government is to announce whether it will pay for 30000 women to have faulty breast implants removed. The implants by French firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) were banned last year after they were found to contain a non-medical grade silicone …Implants row lawyers slam [...]