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What You Need to Know - Breast Implant Information
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FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. What You Need to Know. 2016 Update: When should women start regular mammograms? And how often is “regular”? Breast implants after mastectomy: Risks you need to know. Concerns about breast implants in post mastectomy reconstruction. What you need to know: Breast cancer, suicide, mastectomy, and breast implants. One study of suicide among women who got breast implants after mastectomy found that their suicide rate was 10 times higher compared to other mastectomy patients. Before...
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Not Receiving Coverage for Breast Implant Problems? - Breast Implant Information
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FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. Not Receiving Coverage for Breast Implant Problems? We want to make sure that health insurance policies cover treatment and implant removal when it is medically necessary. We have spoken to several state officials who agree with us, but they tell us they have not had any complaints about lack of coverage in recent years and don’t think it is a problem. Email us at info@breastimplantinfo.org OR call us TOLL FREE at (844) 295-2212. This entry was posted in Problems With Implants.
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Research on Silicone Breast Implants and Unexplained Symptoms - Breast Implant Information
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FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. Research on Silicone Breast Implants and Unexplained Symptoms. The researchers used the term ASIA (autoimmune syndrome induced by adjuvants) to describe the pattern of symptoms that comes on after exposure to an external stimuli such as infection, vaccine, or silicone. All 80 of the women in the study had at least two major symptoms of the following ASIA categories, and 79% fulfilled three or more categories. Muscle pain or weakness. Joint pain or inflammation. January 13, 2014.
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Letter to the Editor: “Keep the Medical Device Tax” - Breast Implant Information
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FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. Letter to the Editor: Keep the Medical Device Tax. The New York Times. February 13, 2015. Our research strongly supports your Jan. 30 editorial No Case for Killing the Medical Device Tax. Repealing the tax is indeed a terrible idea that solves a nonexistent problem. It could result in cutting health care programs that patients rely on. Indicating that the device industry is thriving in the two years since the tax went into effect. Congress intended for industries that would be...
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Problems With Implants - Breast Implant Information
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FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. Want your breast implants removed? Are your breast implants making you sick? Breast Implants, Self-Esteem, Quality of Life, and the Risk of Suicide. Breast augmentation is the most common cosmetic surgery in the United States, with approximately 300,000 surgeries annually. Does it affect mental health? Breast implants after mastectomy: Risks you need to know. Concerns about breast implants in post mastectomy reconstruction. Not Receiving Coverage for Breast Implant Problems?
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ALCL and Breast Implants: The Latest News - Breast Implant Information
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FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. ALCL and Breast Implants: The Latest News. By Anna E. Mazzucco, Ph.D. June 18, 2014. A study published in December 2013 shows that a cancer of the immune system that can be caused by breast implants, anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL), can be fatal (see our summary of that study here. Urging physicians to respond quickly and to check patients who have swelling near their implants for ALCL. This would require cytology testing rather than testing for bacteria. The aut...Miran...
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Newsroom - Breast Implant Information
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FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. News and Research on Breast Implants. Information for Members of the Press. Crystal Hefner Removes Breast Implants, Says They ‘Slowly Poisoned’ Her. The Huffington Post Canada, July 21, 2016. 11 Ways Your Breasts Can Change in Your 20s and 30s. July 5, 2016. Stephanie March Opens Up About Breast Augmentation Health Scare. June 30, 2016. Janice Dickinson Regrets Getting Breast Implants, Believes It Affected Cancer Diagnosis. May 21, 2016. May 17, 2016. May 12, 2016. Industry ha...
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Have Questions? - Breast Implant Information
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FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. We have heard from hundreds of teenagers, women, and their family members who have questions about breast implants. Some of you are considering surgery, while others already have implants but have questions about symptoms or safety. Here are a few frequently asked questions (FAQs). If you don't find an answer to your question, we hope you'll write your own and email it to us at info@breastimplantinfo.org. Insurance Coverage Information for Breast Implant Removal. My silicone g...
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For Breast Cancer Patients - Breast Implant Information
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FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. For Breast Cancer Patients. Booklet about surgery options for women with early-stage breast cancer. Less Radical Surgery is a Healthier Choice for Women with Breast Cancer. Experts have long advised that lumpectomy patients live as long as mastectomy patients. But the latest research, based on thousands of women, indicates that women with early-stage breast cancer are more likely to live longer, healthier lives if they choose less radical surgery. DCIS: Mostly Good News. DCIS,...
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Personal Stories - Breast Implant Information
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FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS. Read about women who recently got insurance coverage to have their cosmetic breast implants removed! My story is featured on the MTV and in People Magazine. I received my saline breast implants when I was 19…. Five years ago I decided to have saline implants put in. My surgeon had very positive things to say about them and said they would last a lifetime unless I happened to get in a very bad car accident. I was told that I would have more opportunities as an actress if I was ...
