Reuters HealthClinical NewsU.K. wants results of breast implant review this weekLONDON (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, 2012Clinical NewsCzechs tell women with PIP implants to have checksPRAGUE (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, 2012Advanced Visualization'Wait-and-see' OK if rectal CA responds completely to chemoradiationNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with rectal cancer who have a complete clinical response to chemoradiation can be managed without surgery if they are monitored closely, according to Dutch researchers who used MRI and endoscopy to assess the patients' clinical response.January 2, 2012Clinical NewsItaly orders list of women with French firm's implantsROME (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, 2011Clinical NewsFrance tries to calm women over scandal-hit implantsPARIS (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, 2011Clinical NewsPIP implants sold to Dutch firm under new nameAMSTERDAM/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, 2011Medical, Legal, and PracticeBreast implants brought joy then pain to U.K. womanLONDON (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, 2011Clinical NewsFrench breast implant fears spread around worldLONDON/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, 2011Clinical NewsUltrasound improves umbilical vein catheter positioning in newbornsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Neonatal placement of umbilical vein catheters can be reliably guided by thoraco-abdominal x-ray or ultrasound, but ultrasound more accurately confirms the position of the catheter tip.December 16, 2011Clinical NewsPrenatal ultrasound marker predicts complex gastroschisis in neonatesNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Intra-abdominal bowel dilatation on prenatal ultrasound strongly predicts complex gastroschisis, researchers from France report. Gastroschisis, a congenital abdominal wall defect, complicates one to five in 10,000 births.November 29, 2011Previous PagePage 3 of 58Next PageTop StoriesWomens ImagingHybrid AI reading shows success in breast cancer screeningA Dutch team found that a hybrid reading strategy for screening mammography reduced radiologist workload by 38% without changing recall or cancer detection rates.Medical, Legal, and PracticeCooking robot gets rave reviews in TübingenMRIUltrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathyMedical, Legal, and PracticePressure grows for more rigorous financial disclosureMRIMRI, CT findings correlate for assessing epicardial fat volume
