Womens Imaging: Page 143

Analysts issue positive report for global mammo market

By Rebekah Moan

The global market for full-field digital mammography (FFDM) is expected to exceed 1 billion euros in the next five years, market research firm GlobalData is predicting. The 8% compound annual growth rate will be driven primarily by increased preference for FFDM systems over analog units, increases in reimbursement, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reclassification of the devices.

January 9, 2012

EU medicines head urges tougher implant rules

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - The new head of Europe's drugs watchdog said on Friday there was an acute need to tighten regulations on medical devices, adding to pressure for radical change in the wake of a global scandal over French-made breast implants.

January 8, 2012

Czechs say women should replace PIP implants

By Reuters Health

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech women with silicone breast implants manufactured by a French firm accused of using unapproved industrial-grade material should have them replaced, a Health Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

January 5, 2012

Portuguese team creates mammography image database

By Cynthia E. Keen

A new mammography database of full-field digital images has been developed by a Portuguese group for public use by researchers. It is described in the February issue of Academic Radiology with the objective of providing a new reference for future work relating to breast cancer imaging.

January 4, 2012

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

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