Obese women face greater multiple myeloma risk
27th Sep 2005, 20:42 GMT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a new prospective study provide additional evidence that obesity may increase women's risk of developing multiple myeloma, a type of bone-marrow cancer.
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