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Rice University bioengineers collaborated on a six-year study that systematically analyzed how the surface architecture of breast implants influences the development of adverse effects, including an unusual type of lymphoma.
Every year, about 400,000 people receive silicone breast implants in the United States. According to FDA data, most of those implants need to be replaced within 10 years due to the buildup of scar tissue and other complications.
Omid Veiseh, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice who began the research six years ago during a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT. His lab focuses on developing and studying biocompatible materials, said he is particularly excited about the discovery that surface architecture can be tuned to reduce host immune responses and fibrosis to breast implants.
He joins us to talk more about these findings.
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How Your Diet Affects Your Risk for Cancer
Summer is HERE which means more time spent outdoors - sports, camp, beaches, exercise, and more! The risk of heat illness increases dramatically in summer due to this.
Heat illness is a spectrum of disorders due to environmental exposure to heat. It includes minor conditions such as heat cramps, heat syncope or fainting from the heat, and heat exhaustion as well as the more severe condition known as heat stroke.
We have tips from MedStar Health’s Dr. Korin Hudson, an emergency room physician and one of the official team physicians to the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards, to help keep you safe and cool this summer!
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How Your Diet Affects Your Risk for Cancer
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