Silicone breast implants face ban across europe - Silicone breast implants may be banned in Europe if a European Union initiative is successful. The implants have been banned in the US since 1992 afte...

Third generation pills: more risks, less benefits - Newer third generation birth control pills such as desogestrel or gestodene may not be safer for your heart than their predecessors, as originally pr...

Breast implants harm babies - Women with silicone breast implants who breast feed may be putting their babies' health at risk, according to a study by American researchers. ...

Implants under fire - The Food and Drug Administration has recommended that silicone breast implants remain on the American market even though there is no data proving thei...

Ditch those implants - Silicone-gel breast implants and other silicone prostheses may cause arthritis-like symptoms such as swelling of joints, pain, fever and chronic fatig...

Implanting lies - Last month a judge in Birmingham, Alabama, approved a worldwide compensation deal of $4.25 billion for more than 90,500 women worldwide with silicone...

Breast implants left me deformed - Two years ago, I found a lump in my breast. After I'd had a scan, they found that my left silicone breast implant had ruptured after being in place fo...

Two thirds of breast implants leak, says report - Breast implants are more dangerous than previously suspected, new evidence suggests. Researchers have found the incidence of implant failure is extrem...