Silicone Rubber Flap Restore Speech
Marein van der Torn and his colleagues at the Vrije University in Amsterdam in collaboration with the University of Groningen developed a new mechanism for vocal sound. // Usually in case of throat cancer the larynx or the voice box as it is called has to be surgically removed. The patients after this surgery find it very difficult to talk with the rubber silicone artificia...Silicone Implants Make No Significant Difference To Breast Cancer Survivors
A report by the National Research Center (NRC) for Women & Families says that breast cancer survivors who undergo reconstructive surgery with silicone implants have very // little information available to them regarding the possible risks and complications about the procedure. The report was released at a National Press Club Newsmakers' event by Dr. Susan Wood, former director of the U.S. Food an...Silicone Leaks Seen Among Women with Breast Implants
According to a small study conducted by researchers at the Texas-based firm EperTox and the Centre for Research on Environmental Medicine it was found// that high levels of platinum in the hair, breast milk and other samples from women who had silicone gel-filled breast implants. US regulators are reviewing the results of this a small study. Initially it was banned for most women in 19...Potentially Dangerous levels of Platinum Found in Women with Silicone Gel Breast Implants
Safety of silicone gel breast implants have sparked off doubts in the researchers after potentially harmful levels of the metal platinum was found// in some of the women who were sporting silicone implants for a number of years. This discovery is not perfect timing, uncannily close to the permission due to be accorded by the Food and Drug Administration, that will allow silicone imp...Canadian Regulators allow Silicone Breast Implants in Market
Allergan Inc. and Mentor Corp. breast implant makers on Friday said that Canadian regulators have given them the green signal to put silicone gel breast implants back on the market. // Allergan Inc., popular for its Botox wrinkle treatment, said that Health Canada has granted the company a license for sale of both its round, smooth and textured silicone implants as well as Style 410 Shap...