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Breast implants tied to suicide risk. (Look for Subtle Signs).
Women who have breast implants are significantly more likely to commit suicide than women who do not have implants, said Dr. V.C.M. Koot of University Medical Centre in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and associates.
In a prospective study of 3,521 Swedish women who had breast implants for cosmetic reasons and were followed for an average of 11 years, there were 85 deaths. A total of 15 of these 85 deaths (17.6%) deaths were attributable to suicide. The expected number of suicides ...
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