This article discusses common myths associated with the use of external breast prostheses and the impact this misinformation may have on the quality of life of women after mastectomy. A review of ...

"Shoulder Drop" and the Myth of the Weighted Breast Prosthesis Women are told they must wear a "weighted" breast prosthesis to simulate the weight of the missing breast in order to "restore balance." ...

Knitted breast prostheses described in The Tribune (“Knitted breast prostheses are made with tender loving care,” Dear Abby, Dec. 6) are available locally from SLO Knitted Knockers ...

Weitzman, Rachel E., Ariel Dora Stern, and Daniel B. Kramer. "Food and Drug Administration Guidance Documents and New Medical Devices: The Case of Breast Prostheses." American Journal of Therapeutics ...

Ms Ní Leannáin wears the artificial breast after a mastectomy ... officer didn't even offer to pat me down. She stood and waited for me to remove the prosthesis. "I couldn't actually think.

Most surgeries do not harm the chest muscles. But they will remove a small part of the chest muscle only if the cancer is near or touching the muscles. During your surgery, they may also take out 1 or ...

A voice prosthesis is a common way to restore speech after surgery. After surgery to remove the whole of your voice box (total laryngectomy), you are no longer able to speak in the normal way. But ...

Come, let me take thee to my breast, And pledge we ne'er shall sunder; And I shall spurn, as vilest dust, The warld's wealth and grandeur: And do I hear my Jeanie own, That equal transports move her?

The breast shields, membranes, valves, and collection bottles are the same as for other Medela pumps, and replacement parts are readily available in brick-and-mortar stores, as well as online.

This means it doesn't depend on how your breast "feels." "A lot of people will say, 'I know I have dense breasts because it feels lumpy to me.' That was actually not accurate. We can only know if ...

The words stopped me in my tracks. Depression 'significantly impacts' breast cancer survival ... for the first time – a ...