Medicine: could breast implants save her life?

Well not quite like that, ya know. But here's some fun data from Breast Cancer Research.

The 21 percent of women who had a breast implant after mastectomy had a 12.4 percent death rate due to breast cancer, compared with a 19.7 percent death rate among women who did not receive a breast implant.

Makes sense, since women who receive implants might have fewer psychosocial issues regarding their personal body image, which could theoretically alleviate some of the depressive effects on the body's natural defenses. The fact that this research likely comes as a bit of a surprise despite its intuitive findings confirms that the medical care of women is a unique enterprise that the medical establishment has not been yet redesigned to fully accommodate.