Word: breasted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...manufacturing companies' admission of the possible risks of breast implants comes only after a long process of research and reclassification...
Over one million U.S. women have had silicone breast implant operations, and in light of recent findings by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they may have cause to worry as well...
...passage of microscopic silicone particles through the envelope is considered the most probable cause of these and other implant-related health problems. These particles lodge in the surrounding breast tissue and in the lymph nodes, from which they are passed throughout the rest of the body...
...though there is no evidence that implants increase the risk of breast cancer, the silicone implants are opaque to X-rays, making it difficult for doctors to diagnose cancer at an early stage...
...percent of [saline implants] leak every year," said O'Connor. "You could wake up one morning and your breast would be flat on that side...