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Woman hides cocaine in breast implants

She arrived on a suspicious flight; her story didn't sound right, and then there was the blood ...under her breasts.

A brief history of breast enlargements

It is 50 years since the first breast enlargement using silicone implants. Today it rates as the second-most popular form of cosmetic surgery worldwide, undergone by 1.5 million women in 2010.

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France ponders removing risky breast implants

French health authorities are considering whether to suggest that an estimated 30,000 women in France get their breast implants removed, amid warnings by leading doctors about the risks of rupture and possible cancer....

FDA questions studies of breast implant safety

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel began a two-day meeting Tuesday on silicone breast implants to consider ways to improve the effectiveness of post-approval safety studies.

FDA says decision to put silicone breast implants back on market was the right one

The FDA was criticized in 2006 for approving the controversial implants after they'd been off the market for 14 years. But the organization says research in the last five years has shown the implants have 'reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness.'

Senh: Isn't there a conflict of interest here? The study was conducted by the manufacturers of the implants.

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Woman hides cocaine in breast implants

A brief history of breast enlargements

France ponders removing risky breast implants

FDA questions studies of breast implant safety

FDA says decision to put silicone breast implants back on market was the right one