--- title: This Week in Health: Breast Implants, Cancer and Alcohol description: This week's biggest health stories included news about cancer and breast implants, plus more evidence that alcohol can benefit the heart canonical: https://time.com/4712151/alcohol-breast-implants-cancer-toxic-waste/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-24T15:34:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:01:12.611Z article:section: Health og:title: This Week in Health: The Dangers of Breast Implants og:description: This week's biggest health stories included news about cancer and breast implants, plus more evidence that alcohol can benefit the heart og:url: https://time.com/4712151/alcohol-breast-implants-cancer-toxic-waste/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta329ba1ed98bd9e9/6988bfc30b72e3a8dd6ed136/wine-pour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6300 og:image:height: 3544 og:image:alt: Red and White Wine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Week in Health: The Dangers of Breast Implants twitter:description: This week's biggest health stories included news about cancer and breast implants, plus more evidence that alcohol can benefit the heart twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta329ba1ed98bd9e9/6988bfc30b72e3a8dd6ed136/wine-pour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Week in Health: The Upside of Alcohol and Danger of Breast Implants > Sponsored content. 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