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U.K. wants results of breast implant review this week

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain expects the results of a review of breast implant safety to come this week following a global health scare focused on products from a now defunct French company, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said on Wednesday.

January 3, 2012

Czechs tell women with PIP implants to have checks

By Reuters Health

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech pharmaceuticals authority called on Tuesday for women with silicone breast implants manufactured by a French firm accused of using defective material to undergo checks, but said it did not know how many Czech women were affected.

January 2, 2012

Italy orders list of women with French firm's implants

By Reuters Health

ROME (Reuters) - Italy will tell hospitals and clinics to compile a list of women who received breast implants from a French firm accused of selling faulty prosthetics, Health Minister Renato Balduzzi said Thursday.

December 29, 2011

France tries to calm women over scandal-hit implants

By Reuters Health

PARIS (Reuters) - France's health minister tried to calm women's fears over potentially dangerous breast implants on Tuesday, saying there was no medical need to remove them immediately.

December 27, 2011

PIP implants sold to Dutch firm under new name

By Reuters Health

AMSTERDAM/MARSEILLE (Reuters) - Potentially substandard breast implants made by a French protheses maker now under investigation were sold to about 1,000 Dutch women under a second name, broadening the scope of the scandal that could already affect some 300,000 women worldwide.

December 26, 2011

Breast implants brought joy then pain to U.K. woman

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - When Amanda Harrison had her breasts enlarged in 2006, the results gave her the confidence she had lacked since bullies teased her at school about her flat chest. She now believes her self-esteem came at a terrible cost. Harrison is one of about 250 British women who are suing for compensation after being fitted with suspect breast implants from a French company that shut down in 2010.

December 21, 2011

French breast implant fears spread around world

By Reuters Health

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Fears over the safety of silicone breast implants made by a now defunct French firm spread to Australia, South America, and across Europe on Thursday as French officials prepared to decide if thousands of women should have their implants surgically removed.

December 21, 2011

Eating disorders: Imaging can unearth hidden epidemic

By Philip Ward

Diana, Princess of Wales, is one of many people who have suffered in silence from life-threatening eating disorders. There are now around 70 million anorexia and bulimia sufferers worldwide, but award-winning research presented at the recent RSNA congress explains how radiologists can help.

December 13, 2011

New U.K. study finds fewer benefits for breast screening

By Rebekah Moan

A new model-based analysis of mammography in the U.K. published Thursday in the British Medical Journal has found that the harms of breast screening may outweigh the benefits for up to 10 years after a screening program starts.

December 7, 2011

Mammo screening reduces breast cancer mortality by almost half

By Kate Madden Yee

Women who receive at least three screening mammograms have a 49% lower risk of dying from breast cancer, according to a new study released online today in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research.

December 5, 2011

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

December 5, 2011

Is breast tomo really such a big deal? Yes, say U.K. experts

By Philip Ward

CHICAGO - Researchers from a top London hospital have given a resounding vote of confidence to the clinical value of digital breast tomosynthesis, after assessing its potential in cancer screening and diagnosis in more than 1,500 women during the past two years.

November 30, 2011

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