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Research and Resources
Most studies addressing the correlation between implants and systemic complications have not examined causation in patients who are ill following implantation. Instead, asymptomatic implant recipients are examined. Future long term studies need to focus on the symptomatic patients, so that physicians may properly diagnose systemic complications.
Recommended Reading:
SILICONE SPILLS: Breast Implants on Trial by Mary White Stewart
INFORMED CONCENT by John A. Byrne (A story of personal tragedy and corporate betrayal..Inside look at breast implant crisis.
BETRAYED by Gloria Bywalec & Anna Marie Rzeppa (the story of one woman's nightmare experience with saline implants)
TORN ILLUSIONS by Pamala Scott Kendall
SILICONE-GATE by Dr. Henry Jenny
BEYOND THE MYTHS: The Teresa Hill Story by Teresa Hill
THE SILICONE BREAST IMPLANT CONTROVERSY by Dr. Frank Vasey and Josh Feldstein, Phd.
THE UNTOLD TRUTH by Patti Scher and Marion Koch
BREAST IMPLANTS: From Hell To Healing by Donna Townes P.O. Box 1204 Clarksville, TX 74246
BREAST IMPLANTS: Everything You Need To Know, by Nancy Bruning
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE & TOXICOLOGY: Silicone Toxicity Drs. Braubar, Campbell, Vojdani Princeton Scientific Publishing Co. Inc. P.O. Box 2155 Princeton, NJ 08543
SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS, from the National Women's Health Network 514 10th St, N.W. Suite 400 Washington, DC
THE AUGMENTED BREAST: Radiologic & Clinical (written by doctors for doctors) Gorczyca & Brenner
THE BREAST IMPLANT REFERENCE BOOK: (includes Norplant)by Robert Ira Lewy, M.D., P.A., F.A.C.P. 8181 North Stadium Dr. Houston, TX 77054
SAFETY Of SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS Stuart Bondurant, Virginia Ernster, and Roger Herdman, Editors; Committee on the Safety of Silicone Breast Implants, Institute of Medicine
*Silicone Induced Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
*Systemic Disease In Women Following The Insertion Of Saline Breast Implants
*Silicone Arthritis and Related Diseases
*Amelioration of Systemic Disease after Removal of Silicone Gel-filled Breast Implants
*Women's Reports of Breast Implant Problems and Silicone-Related Illness
*Silicone breast implant--associated musculoskeletal manifestations. |
*Serum Antinuclear Antibodies in Women with Silicone Breast Implants
*A clinical and laboratory profile of symptomatic women with silicone breast implants.
*Rupture of a silicone gel mammary prosthesis and amyloidosis: a case report.
Recommended Films
Absolutely Safe is a must see documentary story of everyday women who find themselves and their breasts in the tangled and confusing intersection of money, science, health and beauty. This film reveals that the conversation on breast implants is far more complex than simple pros and cons. The real conversation–the most important and most challenging–rests with us as viewers and the everyday choices we all make in an appearance obsessed culture.
Directed and produced by Carol Ciancutti-Leyva,executive produced by acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Fox, edited by Emmy-Award winning Editor Vincent Stenerson, and features the music of
renowned composer Miriam Cutler. The film is endorsed by many leading women's organizations, including NOW and Our Bodies Ourselves.
For more information please visit the film's website www.absolutelysafe.com
Two Small Voices
A great film that was done for Lifetime TV about the breast implant issue nearly 9 years ago.
Two distinctly different women. Two very separate struggles. One united fight.
Sybil Goldrich (Mary McDonnell, DONNIE DARKO, DANCES WITH WOLVES), a wealthy California mother was suddenly diagnosed with breast cancer. Kathleen Anneken (Gail O’Grady, AMERICAN DREAMS, NYPD BLUE), a middle class mom from Kansas was terribly unhappy with her breast size. Both consulted doctors. Both received silicone implants. And both became extremely ill. Together, they led a fierce battle to change the country.
After being ignored, mistreated and disregarded – Sybil and Kathleen formed a partnership that saw them through FDA hearings, congressional battles, and their own personal struggles. Sybil’s implants ruptured and Kathleen suffered from severe depression.
The enemy was Dow Corning. The impossible task was proving it. From speaking out to live audiences to appearing on national television – their cries were not enough. The incriminating information they needed was in one lawyer’s hands. But, could Sybil and Kathleen get him to fight hard enough to win the case? The answer was "yes."
Dow Corning was forced to file for bankruptcy. And the two small voices of Sybil Goldrich and Kathleen Anneken continued to make themselves heard. But they weren’t so small anymore.
it can be ordered at Amazon.com
Dr. Britta Ostermeyer, M.D. conducted research on patients with breast implants while she practiced neurology in Texas. Today she is the Director of the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic at Ben Taub General Hospital and the Harris County Hospital District Community Behavioral Health Program. She is also an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry at the Baylor College of Medicine.
