Monday, March 23, 2009

Stomach stapling cuts womens cancer risk


Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40%, new research says. In a study of more than 2,000 fat people who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs, Swedish researchers found women who had the procedure were likely to get reason, the surgery didn’t have the same effect in men; there was virtually no difference in the cancer rates in men who had surgery and those who did not.

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