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Should a product sold for nearly 30 years to millions of satisfied customers be abruptly taken off the market? That was the question before an advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration last week as it held hearings on the emotionally charged issue of the safety of silicone breast implants...
...testimony was impassioned on both sides. Implant manufacturers brought out reams of safety-test data, claiming their products were essentially harmless. Some users spoke of gaining self-esteem by reshaping their bodies, and of a psychological boost in battles against breast cancer. But others told stories of pain from internal scar tissue, diseases they attributed to the implants, and deformities suffered when the prostheses ruptured or shifted. In the end, though, the panel voted unanimously to recommend that implants stay on the market, and FDA Commissioner David Kessler is expected to concur...
Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition Rally & March--from the Boston Common to Government Center. Call 956-4875. Sunday at noon in the Boston Common...
Despite the stilted setting and the stereotyped characters, the show tries to deal with the complex issues that face today's teens (and college students). In the show's first season, episodes revolved around AIDS, abortion, alcoholism, race, sexual orientation, drug abuse and breast cancer...
...Kafkaesque novel that owes much to the author of Portnoy's Complaint. A shapely female breast finds itself metamorphosed into a best-selling novelist named Philip Roth. The bewildered Roth is condemned to a modern version of hell: an endless series of appearances on Geraldo, Oprah and Donahue...