MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police arrested a Panamanian woman on Wednesday who landed in Barcelona from Bogota, Colombia with cocaine stuffed inside her breast implants. The woman was taken to the police at Barcelona's El Prat airport after her ... [Full Article]
Faulty breast implants made by PIP, the French company that sparked a global health scare, do not pose any long-term medical threats, British health authorities said in a final report Monday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
A pair of British plastic surgeons said Tuesday the rupture rate of PIP breast implants behind a global health scare may be as high as one in three, significantly more than previously thought. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Jean-Claude Mas, whose breast implant firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) has sparked an international health scandal by using substandard silicone, is seen as he arrives at the gendarmerie in Marseille January 26, 2012. REUTERS/Jean-Paul ... [Full Article]
(AP) - Women affected by breast implants made by the defunct French brand Poly Implant Prothese, PIP, show to each other their implants certificates outside the civil court in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. According to lawyer Emilia De Le... [Full Article]
(AP) - Women affected by breast implants of the French brand Poly Implant Prothese, PIP, listen to lawyer Gilberto Andrea, left, outside the civil court in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan 06, 2012. According to lawyer Emilia De Leon, around 400 wome... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Lorena Vaccaro and Romina Mancini (R), who have breast implants, attend a meeting of women with defective French PIP breast implants seeking advice, information and support in Buenos Aires December 27, 2011. Fear and anger are growing amo... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - The locked entrance of French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) building is seen in La Seyne-sur-Mer near Toulon December 27, 2011. France's health minister tried to calm women's fears over potentially dangerous breast implants ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Plastic surgeon Denis Boucq displays a silicone gel breast implant manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) in a clinic in Nice December 26, 2011. French medical device regulatory authority (AFSSAPS) recalled PIP breast ... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Glasses that adjust to wearer's eyesight, titanium implants for your teeth or steel fibres allowing architects to twist and bend concrete were among innovations shortlisted Thursday for the 2011 European Inventor Award.(AFP/File/Step... [Full Article]