Faulty Breast Implants-Health Authorities-Global Health-French Women

Some 8,000 French women have faulty breast implants removed

Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of the PIP breast implant company

French health authorities said Monday that nearly 8,000 French women had followed a government recommendation to have faulty breast implants that sparked a global health scare removed. read more..

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Seasonal Affective Disorder-Cosmetic Surgery-Plastic Surgeons-Breast Implant

Cosmetic surgery unaffected by French implant scare: study

Cosmetic surgery is booming worldwide and unaffected by the health scare prompted by a French breast implant company that used substandard silicone, a global body of plastic surgeons said Friday. read more..

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Some 15 million people (three-fourths of them women) suffer from a depressive co...

Some 15 million people (three-fourths of them women) suffer from a depressive condition called seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which can have symptoms like low energy, carb cravings, weight gain, and dwindling sex drive. Read more: http://ow.ly/8IUcLSeasonal Affective Disorder: Are Winter Blues Bumming You Out?ow.lyWhen winter rolls around, it can feel as if someone hit the dimmer switch on your happiness read more..

Food And Drug Administration-Hundreds Of Thousands-Health Authorities-Breast Implant

Insight: FDA warned PIP on breast implant safety

Plastic surgeon Boucq displays a silicone gel breast implant manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) in a clinic in Nice

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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 ten years before the company came under scrutiny from European regulators. The Food and Drug Administration sent an investigator to inspect a plant run by the manufacturer, Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), at La Seyne Sur Mer in southeastern France in May 2000. ... read more..

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Federal Health Officials-Global Health Scare-National Targets-Breast Implant-Healthday News

French police arrest boss of breast implant company

French police on Thursday arrested Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of the PIP breast implant company that sparked a global health scare by using substandard silicone, as part of a manslaughter probe. read more..

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Too Few Americans Getting Screened for Common Cancers: CDC

THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (Healthday News) -- The number of Americans being screened for colon, breast and cervical Cancers still fall below national targets, federal health officials said Thursday. read more..

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Global Health Scare-Breast Implant-Healthday News-French Judge-Red Wine

French judge charges boss of breast implant firm

A French judge has charged the founder of the breast implant company at the heart of a global health scare with causing "involuntary injuries", prosecutors said on Friday. read more..

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Scientists May Be Closer to Developing 'Red Wine' Drug

THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (Healthday News) -- U.S. researchers believe they've discovered how resveratrol -- a chemical found in red wine and other plant products -- provides health benefits. read more..

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American Health Officials-Insight: Breast Implant

Insight: Breast implant scandal shows regulators in dark on risk

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long before the latest global breast implant scare, American health officials were toying with the idea of building a registry that would track patients with implants. The registry would give a better idea of the number of complications over time, such as rupture or infection. But to this day, none exists for the world's largest healthcare market, which often serves as a global model for regulatory practice. Some individual countries in Europe have made their own attempts but with only limited success, and there is no continent-wide registry. ... read more..

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