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Cholecystectomy
Bulging midriff roughly doubles women's chances of gallstone surgery
March 9th, 2006
A bulging midriff almost doubles a woman's chances of developing gallstones and the need for surgery to remove them, an analysis of data from the Nurses Health Study shows. The extensive study was published February 13, 2006, ahead of print in the journal Gut (Central adiposity, regional fat distribution, and the risk of cholecystectomy in women. Gut, 2006;doi 10.11.36/gut.2005.076133 Online First). In the developed world, gallstone disease is the most common abdominal illness requiring admission to hospital. And in the U.S., more than 800,000 operations to remove gallstones are carried out every year. Most gallstones are nuggets of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-09)
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