Do My Breast Implants Have a Warranty?
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A new debate is emerging over whether breast implants constitute the kind of annuity medicine that will entail regular surgical tuneups, exposing patients to increased medical risk and out-of-pocket expenses.
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NEW YORK  - A new study adds to evidence  that women with cosmetic breast implants have a higher rate of  suicide than other women and shows, for the first time, that  they may be more likely to have a history of psychiatric  illness as well.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. - Nip, tuck and ... tax? Lawmakers trying to plump up the bottom line are considering a "vanity tax" on cosmetic surgery and Botox injections in Washington, Illinois and other states.  Plastic surgeons and their patients say the idea is just plain ugly.
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Â· Thousands of women urged to contact doctors Â· 44 kits could have given bogus negative results
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It can be very daunting for a woman to have to undergo additional tests after a mammogram and then to find out there is nothing wrong.
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Side effects are causing women to stop taking pills that can help keep breast cancer from returning, and women who stop taking the pills risk early death, according to several reports released on Thursday.
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A growing number of young women are getting breast implants and other cosmetic procedures performed, raising questions about their long-term effects.
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Plastic surgeons have raised concerns about sales of cosmetic treatments through a UK clothing catalogue.
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NEWARK, New Jersey  - Four medical device makers will pay a total of $311 million and agreed to federal monitoring to settle a government probe into consulting deals prosecutors said were made with surgeons to sway decisions on which hip and knee implants to give to patients.
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At issue is whether makers of medical equipment approved by the federal government may be sued under state law by patients injured by those devices.
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SEATTLE - Postmenopausal women who take combination estrogen-plus-progestin hormone-replacement therapy for one year experience a twofold increase in breast density â- known risk factor for breast cancer â - a quadrupled risk of having an
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have known for years that radiation treatment following a lumpectomy for breast cancer reduces the risk of disease recurrence.
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Five makers of medical device implants have made agreements with the government to resolve fraud concerns over industry practices, federal prosecutors said.
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SUNDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDayNews) -- The day when men can take a pill or rely on an implant to keep them from fathering a child may only be a few years away, experts say.
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Debate about whether an artificial knee implant designed specifically for women has scientific merit continues a year after the device was launched, even as the orthopedics manufacturer racks up better-than-expected sales.
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An implantable contact lens that corrects vision in nearsighted patients is safe and does not have some of the side-effects of laser surgery, a company that manufactures the devices said on Wednesday.
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A new long-term study finds that, over 20 years, only one in five women who have mammograms every two years will have to undergo follow up evaluation for a false positive finding.