Silicone Breast Implants Are Thicker than Water

Silicone Breast Implants Are Thicker than Water

S ilicone gel breast implants have conventionally been categorized by volume in cubic centimeters (cm 3 /ml). This tradition has persisted until McGhan started manufacturing their anatomical cohesive gel implants. Since 2001, all McGhan implants, round or anatomical, are categorized in mass (g), whereas the Mentor implants remained unchanged with the volume (cm 3 /ml) categorization. The McGhan...

Thicker than water

close-up view of a clot forming in human blood shows beautifully how the different blood components are crammed into the plasma. (The scanning electron micrographs have been coloured to emphasize the different structures.) Red blood cells (red) are entangled with the fibrin (yellow) that makes up the scaffolding of the clot. The platelets (blue) — which initiate clotting — are fragments of larg...

Blood is Thicker Than Water

This article introduces a new dataset of historical family characteristics based on ethnographic literature. The novelty of the dataset lies in the fact that it is constructed at the level of the ethnic group. To test the possibilities of the dataset, we construct a measure of family constraints on women’s agency from it and explore its correlation to a number of geographical factors.

Silicone Gel Breast Implants

Silicone breast implants and breast feeding.

The information provided is taken from various reference sources. It is provided as a guideline. No responsibility can be taken by the author or the Breastfeeding Network for the way in which the information is used. Clinical decisions remain the responsibility of medical and breastfeeding practitioners. The data presented here is intended to provide some immediate information but cannot replac...