Thousands of women worldwide are consulting their doctors about health concerns due to faulty silicone breast implants made by the now-defunct French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP). Women ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A defective silicone gel breast implant manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) is seen near ...

A French investigating judge Wednesday visited the offices of the maker of breast implants linked to a global health scare as part of a probe into the death of a woman from cancer, which could lead to ...

1,700 women affected by the PIP breast implant scandal will not be paying back their compensation money, despite a French court ruling that a German safety standards company was not liable for the ...

MARSEILLE/PARIS (Reuters) - The founder of a French breast implant company was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for hiding the true nature of the sub-standard silicone used in implants ...

A breast implant scandal affecting thousands of women this year damaged confidence and highlighted the need to tighten controls in Europe on everyday medical devices, the European Commission said ...

About 400 Venezuelan women sued companies that sold faulty French-made breast implants on Friday demanding the companies cover their medical expenses. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Cosmetic surgery is booming worldwide and unaffected by the health scare prompted by a French breast implant company that used substandard silicone, a global body of plastic surgeons said Friday. The ...

After the Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implant scare nearly 3,000 women have been seen by NHS specialists, of which over 1,000 have had scans and 67 have opted to have the implants removed, ...

(CBS/AP) A top British doctor commissioned by the U.K. government says faulty French-made breast implants by Poly Implant Prothese do not pose any long-term health problems to women - even if they ...

PARIS – A French appeals court ruled Thursday that a German product-testing company does not have to compensate more than 3,000 women with leak-prone breast implants – and now women who sued may have ...

La Seyne-sur-Mer, France (Reuters) - A French investigating judge Wednesday visited the offices of the maker of breast implants linked to a global health scare as part of a probe into the death of a ...