An advisory group of the Food and Drug Administration voted yesterday to urge the government to overturn a decade-old ban on silicone breast implants despite warnings from women who suffered serious health effects from the implants.

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An advisory group of the Food and Drug Administration voted yesterday to urge the government to overturn a decade-old ban on silicone breast implants despite warnings from women who suffered serious health effects from the implants.