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Breast implants linked to suicide -- August 9, 2007 |
Those Hollywood curves may be hazardous.
Women who opt for cosmetic breast implants are three times as likely to commit suicide, according to a study released yesterday by Vanderbilt University Medical Center. |
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"This long-term study further confirms the link between breast implants and a strikingly high risk of suicide," the study said, noting that there was a "similar increase" in deaths from alcohol or drug abuse and dependence.
Mental anguish related to America's most popular cosmetic procedure — "long-term psychiatric morbidity and eventually mortality" — is a real possibility, the study found.
By Jennifer Harper
The Washington Times
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