January 14, 2016. New York Times. Federal investigators said Thursday that there were flaws in the way the Food and Drug Administration tracked drugs after they came to market, raising questions about the agency’s effectiveness as the country’s main drug overseer.
January 14, 2016, Stat. Most Americans assume that drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration are safe to take as directed. But safety concerns often arise only after the drugs go on the market, when companies or doctors tell the FDA about cases of patients who have fallen ill or died from their medications.
Concerns about breast implants in post mastectomy reconstruction.
Ovarian cancer, the 5th leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S., is usually not detected until it is spread. Screening is less effective for ovarian cancer than it is for other cancers.
One study of suicide among women who got breast implants after mastectomy found that their suicide rate was 10 times higher compared to other mastectomy patients.