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 ...

A French judge has ordered the release of the founder of the breast implant company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) after serving eight months in prison for unpaid bail, Agence France-Presse reported.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

PARIS (Reuters) -German firm TUV Rheinland was negligent in awarding safety certificates to a French company which made faulty breast implants, a Paris court ruled, a decision advocacy groups said ...

About 400 Venezuelan women sued companies that sold faulty French-made breast implants on Friday demanding the companies cover their medical expenses. The group is seeking a court order to cover ...

(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 ...

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 ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German and British health officials issued conflicting messages on Friday about the health risk posed by breast implants made by a French company at the heart of a global health ...

Sydney mother, Bronwyn Pereira, who had ruptured implants removed, has warned young women not to have the cosmetic surgery. The 46-year-old of Mona Vale said she suffers persistent headaches, nausea ...

The founder of the company - Poly Implant Prothese or PIP was arrested Thursday in an early-morning police raid on his luxury home in the south of France. The PIP implants have been the center of ...