The National Center for Health Research report on Breast Implant Illness (BII) reviews decades of research before and after the term Breast Implant Illness became popular. Whether referred to as autoimmune symptoms, neurological symptoms, connective tissue disease, neurological symptoms, or BII, we find clear evidence of an increase in symptoms associated with breast implants, compared to women who do not have breast implants. We provide specific examples of how research that dismissed the evidence was poorly designed, often focusing on specific autoimmune diseases, only evaluated hospitalization as evidence of disease, studied women who had breast implants for a short period of time, or had other major flaws.
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Danica Patrick reveals she had breast implants removed after suffering complications
Good Morning America, May 2, 2022: Former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick revealed she had her breast implants removed after suffering medical complications she believes were caused by the implants. We explain that her symptoms of breast implant illness were typical of breast implant illness, and she immediately felt better after the implants were removed.
Read More »Breast Implants will now come with Black Box Warnings, List Risks
Legal Reader, November 9, 2021: Will FDA’s requirements to warn patients about the cancer risks and other serious risks of breast implants be enough to adequately warn women considering implants? Experts disagree.
Read More »My breast implants are making me sick — and I’m not alone
Salon, June 20, 2021: It’s not in our heads: More women are speaking up about how their breast implants are making them sick. And Healing Breast Implant Illness Society of North America and National Center for Health Research are making sure women know they are not alone.
Read More »Patients Continue to Be Inadequately Informed of Risk for Breast Implant-Associated ALCL
Cancer Therapy Advisor, February 8, 2021. Although the risk for breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) has been well-documented, patients considering breast implants continue to be inadequately informed of the propensity for disease development. Awareness of BIA-ALCL has risen since 2020, but adequate safeguards have not yet been put in place, according to experts in the field, including Dr. Diana Zuckerman of the National Center for Health Research and their Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund.
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