(Reuters Health) - Women with silicone breast implants may have a higher risk of certain medical problems than women who don't get implants, but more research is needed to get a complete picture of ...

For anyone who’s had reconstructive or cosmetic breast surgery, it’s hard not to be concerned over the Food and Drug Administration’s latest warning that textured silicone implants have been linked to ...

(Reuters Health) - Good evidence on the safety of silicone gel breast implants is still lacking almost 10 years after they were reintroduced to the U.S. market, researchers report in the Annals of ...

Nine deaths from a rare form of cancer have been linked to breast implants, the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. Red flags were raised in 2011 regarding the safety of breast implants ...

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. It was ...