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Why don't many French women breastfeed?

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 17:09:00 +0200

French women breastfeed at a far lower rate of other European countries, a new study has revealed this week. A trend in French feminism may be playing a role in the phenomenon, one campaigner for breastfeeding tells The Local.

French artist makes art of faulty breast implants

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0200

Nestled inside flimsy black fishnet stockings drooping from the ceiling, breast implants made by a firm whose faulty products sparked a global health scare have been turned into an art installation in the French city of Marseille.

Breast implant scandal boss denies risking lives

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:36:00 +0200

The founder of a firm whose faulty breast implants sparked a global health scare told a French court on Friday that he had not put any lives at risk.

Women to sue France over faulty implants

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:36:00 +0100

A dozen French women who have received faulty PIP breast implants say they want to sue the state for its failure to reimburse them for breast replacement surgery.

Rival implant makers offer boob job discounts

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:54:00 +0100

Two French manufacturers of breast implants are offering discounts to women who have received faulty implants from scandal-hit rival PIP.

Eight new cancer cases in breast implant scandal

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:51:23 +0100

Eight women who have received faulty breast implants are suffering from cancer, says the French Health Ministry. It is feared 44,000 women carry defective breast implants which were produced in the south of France.

Breast implants in focus after cancer death

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:41:00 +0100

Two women have developed serious illnesses after they received defective French-made silicone breast implants. Last week, a woman died from lymphatic cancer thought to have been contracted from her breast implants.