Silicone implants to overtake saline
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_on_he_me/breast_implants"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061118/capt.4e71e0df7c3f4e8c847f56082f6029a3.breast_implants_nyol922.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=.hXsiDQffzXDh3ome8bWEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="An uncoated Inamed silicone-gel breast implant is shown in this 2005 file photo in Gaithersburg, Md. The Food and Drug Administration ended a 14-year virtual ban on silicone-gel breast implants Friday, November 17, 2006, despite lingering safety questions, making the devices available to tens of thousands of women who have clamored for them. The decision clears implants made by two California manufacturers, Inamed Corp., now part of Allergan Inc., and Mentor Corp. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Plastic surgeons expect breast implants filled with silicone gel to supplant those containing salt water as the most popular choice of the nearly 300,000 U.S. women a year who have their breasts surgically enlarged.</p><br clear="all"/>