Breast implant research
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
House Energy & Commerce/Health subcommittee hearing on "The Breast Implant Research and Information Act" (HR 1961), may prompt bill's inclusion in a larger health-related measure this session, Energy & Commerce staffers say. Held Nov. 15, witnesses included National Center for Policy Research for Women and Families Executive Director Diana Zuckerman, MD, and two breast implant recipients. Introduced May 23 by Reps. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Gene Green (D-Texas), the bill requires FDA to provide Congress with regular updates on the status of postmarket evaluations of saline breast implants (1"The Gray Sheet" May 28, 2001, p. 11). Senate companion legislation (S 961) was introduced by Sen. Barbara Boxer May 24...