While breast implants have become increasingly common, there are a significant number of women who ultimately decide to reverse their decision. Francis, who asked ABC7 News not to use her last name, ...

Silicone-gel breast implants may soon return to the U.S. market after an 11-year, near-total ban now that government advisers have recommended reluctantly that sales resume under very strict ...

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - When the French firm at the centre of a breast implant scandal sought to expand its U.S. business a decade ago, it turned to Donald McGhan, a pioneer in the implant ...

WASHINGTON -- Eleven years after most silicone-gel breast implants were prohibited, government advisers recommended on Wednesday that the ban be lifted despite lingering questions about safety and ...

A new report from a top U.K. health regulator could help to deflate some of the hysteria left in the wake of a scandal over substandard breast implants in the European Union. Bruce Keogh, medical ...

As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. That was almost 10 years ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eleven years after most silicone-gel breast implants were prohibited, government advisers recommended on Wednesday that the ban be lifted despite lingering questions about safety and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eleven years after most silicone-gel breast implants were prohibited, government advisers recommended on Wednesday that the ban be lifted despite lingering questions about safety ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a method that could be used to ensure long-lasting medical device implants do not trigger an immune response. The aim of their research is to allow implants to keep ...