The decline of the A-cup.The performance of one medical device, the silicon breast implant breast implant, saline- or silicone-filled prosthesis used after mastectomy as a part of the breast reconstruction process or used cosmetically to augment small breasts. , has received attention from the FDA--and from the media. FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. hearings on the implant's safety, the approval of one manufacturer's version, and the disapproval of another were lead stories on ABC's "World News Tonight" and in The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. Why so much attention for this one device, I wondered? I imagined it to be of concern to only a small number of women. I asked my wife if she had an explanation. She said she wasn't sure this explained everything, but that when she was growing up, the majority of women, if not downright down·right adj. 1. Thoroughgoing; unequivocal: a downright lie. 2. Forthright; candid. adv. Thoroughly; absolutely. flat-chested, were not conspicuously well-endowed. Today, the majority is a minority. |
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