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No Apparent Link Found To Monoclonal Gammopathy Of Undetermined Significance.(risk factors found to be much the same in women with or without breast implants)
2001 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found little evidence for a substantial increased risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) in women with breast implants compared with women without implants.
MGUS is an excessive production of an antibody protein by abnormal plasma cells that in some cases precedes development of other diseases, such as multiple myeloma.
In an article in the March 26, 2001, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine (Arch Intern Med, 2001;161:864-867), Elizabeth W. Karlson, MD, and colleagues from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, provide research details of a study conducted to assess whether there is an increased risk of MGUS in women with silicone breast implants. The researchers conducted a retrospective study of 288 ...
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* MGUS not linked to as many diseases. A symptomless...gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), is not linked to as many serious diseases...August 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. MGUS affects roughly 3% of the U.S. population...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire December 10, 2001 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Pamphlet by: Food and Drug Administration October 1, 1999 700+ words
Some women with breast implants have reported problems that have...of the health concerns about breast implants are related to silicone gel...fatigue syndrome. Some women with breast implants have experienced these disorders...
- National Cancer Institute Spells Out Risks of Breast Implants; Data Show...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 4, 2004 700+ words
...health risks of silicone and saline breast implants, finding that "implant patients...warning women that the risks of breast implants have not been adequately studied...all the women who already have had breast implants for 20 years or more." In addition...
- Institute of Medicine Report on Silicone Breast Implants Affirms Lack of...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 21, 1999 700+ words
...Medicine showing no connection between breast implants and disease is good news for women...provides additional solid evidence that breast implants do not cause disease. While we have...provide enormous comfort to women with breast implants. "Like the authors of the report...
- Study finds link between breast implants and suicide.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. August 7, 2007 700+ words
Study finds link between breast implants and suicide Houston, Aug 7...previously seen links between breast implants and a strikingly high risk...follow-up for women who seek breast implants. Lipworth and colleagues performed...
- Canadian study: Breast implants translate to higher health costs.
- Newspaper article from: Medical Device Daily November 7, 2003 700+ words
...1st of two stories Canadian study: Breast implants translate to higher health costs By...of Canada draws the conclusion that breast implants whether or not they are responsible...study found that Canadian women with breast implants require much more in the way of medical...
- The second coming of breast implants.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Zuckerman, Diana January 12, 1999 700+ words
...clear research evidence that silicone breast implants cause connective tissue diseases...and early 20s, are expected to give breast implants a try. If you thought this controversy...had much impact on the popularity of breast implants. For the first 25 years that breast...
Source: HighBeam Research, No Apparent Link Found To Monoclonal Gammopathy Of Undetermined...