Re: Rules of Thumb........CHOOSE YOU.......Love YOU....know yourself inside out...

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Right on Dede!

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> > > I hope chimes in here....she told me her ideas...

> > > and they are good ones, but she will have to explain them.....

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> > > When the power of love

> > > overcomes the love of power

> > > the world will know peace.

> > > ~ Jimi Hendrix

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> > > BI education pt 2

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> > > Silicone gel filled breast implants and connective...[J Rheumatol. 1994] -

> > >PubMed Result

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> > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8182631

> > > J Rheumatol. 1994 Feb;21(2):239-45.Links

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> > > Comment in: J Rheumatol. 1994 Oct;21(10):1979-80.

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> > > Silicone gel filled breast implants and connective tissue disease: an

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> > > Spiera RFSpiera RF, Gibofsky A, Spiera H.

> > > Hospital for Special Surgery,

> > > Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.

> > > OBJECTIVE.

> > > To review the literature examining the association of silicone gel filled

> > >implants and connective tissue disease.

> > > METHODS. Computerized literature searches and manual review of

bibliographies.

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> > > RESULTS.

> > > Numerous concerns have arisen regarding the safety of silicone gel filled

> > >breast implants. The structure of these prostheses is reviewed. Silicones

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> > >not biologically inert. Injectable as well as implantable silicones have

proven

> > >capable of eliciting inflammatory and fibroproliferative responses.

Silicone

> > >leakage from silicone gel filled implants is well documented as is distant

> > >migration of silicone in the host. In the past decade, over 60 cases of

> > >connective tissue disease following mammoplasty with silicone gel filled

> > >implants have been reported. About half of these patients developed

scleroderma

> > >or scleroderma-like illnesses. This reported overrepresentation of

scleroderma

> > >compared to other rheumatic diseases mimics the Japanese experience with

> > >injectable silicones. Possible biological rationale for the association is

> > >presented.

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> > > CONCLUSION.

> > > The physical and biological properties of silicone gel filled implants and

> > >their behavior in vivo is compatible with the hypothesis that they may

> > >contribute to the development of connective tissue disease. The association

> > >seems most likely with scleroderma; however, there is as yet inadequate

> > >epidemiological data to definitively establish causality.

> > > PMID: 8182631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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> > > When the power of love

> > > overcomes the love of power

> > > the world will know peace.

> > > ~ Jimi Hendrix

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