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Article: SILICONE BREAST-IMPLANT RISK SMALL, STUDY FINDS.(News)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- February 28, 1996
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Byline: The New York Times
The largest study by far of silicone breast implants and disease shows that if implants pose any health risk at all, it is a very small one.
The long-awaited study, however, is already being used by both sides in the bitter controversy over breast implants, with lawyers for women with implants saying it proves the devices are dangerous and implant makers saying it proves they are safe.
The study, directed by Dr. Charles Hennekens, a leading epidemiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, analyzes reports by more than 400,000 women working in health professions, many of them in nursing.
It found ...