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Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery: Focus on Breast Augmentation and Liposuction
Published in Journal of Adolescent Health, October 2008

What Do Women Need to Know and When Do They Need to Know It?
June, 2008

Reconstructive Breast Implantation After Mastectomy
July, 2006

Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery
March, 2005

Safety and Benefits of Mentor Silicone Breast Implants From the April 2005 FDA Analysis and Meeting
April, 2005

Safety and Benefits of Inamed Silicone Breast Implants From the April 2005 FDA Analysis and Meeting
April, 2005

Symptoms and Complications from Silicone Gel Breast Implants
FDA’s October 2003 Summary of Research on Inamed Implants

October, 2003

Breast Implants and Mammography: What we Know and What we Don't Know       PDF version
December, 2004

Health Complications from Breast Implant Surgery: A Canadian Study with Implications for the U.S.
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, October, 2003

Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: The Silicone Breast Implant Controversy
Journal of Rheumatology, October 2003

September 2002 Update on Saline Breast Implants: New 5-Year Studies Available
Network News, National Women's Health Network, September/October, 2002

Silicon, Silicone, Breastfeeding, and Breast Implants
Pediatrics, November, 2002

The European Perspective: Do Silicone Breast Implants Cause Disease?
March, 2004

Are Breast Implants Safe?
Medscape General Medicine, October, 2001 and Plastic Surgery Nursing, Summer 2002 Vol 22, No. 2, pages 66-71

Fibromyalgia and Ruptured Silicone Gel Breast Implants
FDA Consumer Magazine, November/December, 2001

Government Studies Link Breast Implants to Cancer, Lung Diseases, and Suicide
May, 2001

Higher Rates of Lung, Brain Cancers In Patients With Breast Implants
Oncology Spectrums, June, 2001

Do Breast Implants Cause Disease?
August, 2000

Summary of Studies of Saline and Connective Tissue Diseases
February, 2000<

Mortality among Augmentation Mammoplasty Patients (article)
Epidemiology, May 2001

Cancer risk at sites other than the breast following augmentation mammoplasty.
Annals of Epidemiology, May 2001

Study of Silicone Gel Breast Implant Rupture, Extracapsular Silicone, and Health Status in a Population of Women
Journal of Rheumatology, May 2001

Prevalence of Rupture of Silicone Gel Breast Implants Revealed on MR Imaging in a Population of Women in Birmingham, Alabama
American Journal of Roentgenology, 2000

Study of Rupture of Silicone Gel-filled Breast Implants (MRI Component)
Sixth World Biomaterials Conference, May 2000

Study of Re-operations and Self-Reported Silicone-Gel Breast Implant Rupture (Interview Component)
Sixth World Biomaterials Conference, May 2000

What Does the Institute of Medicine Report Say About Breast Implants?
June 2003





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