
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 19, 1994                   TAG: 9401190094
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.                                LENGTH: Short

IMPLANTS MAY HARM BREAST-FED CHILDREN

Breast-fed children whose mothers have silicone gel breast implants could be at risk for abnormalities of the esophagus, a study published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association says.

Drs. Jeremiah Levine and Norman Ilowite found lesions and decreased functioning in the esophaguses of six of eight children nursed by mothers with implants. The esophagus is the muscular tube that moves food from the throat to the stomach.

- Knight-Ridder/Tribune

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