Breast Implants

Study Finds No Link Between Breast Implants and Tissue Ailments

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 3rd, 1995

A study published June 22, 1995, suggests silicone breast implants do not cause connective-tissue diseases, however, the researchers admit the largest study to date isn't big enough to be definitive.

The report in the New England Journal of Medicine focused on surveys of 87,501 nurses - 1,183 of whom had implants - who are part of a health study that began in 1976.

Only 516 of the 87,501 women definitely had connective-tissue diseases, and only three of the 516 had breast implants.

Dr. Matthew Liang of Brigham and Women's Hospital said he and other researchers "found there is no association between the breast implants and...

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