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WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY MAY HELP OBESE WOMEN AVOID PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS
November 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 -- The University of California at Los Angeles issued the following press release:

Obese women who have weight-loss surgery before becoming pregnant have a lower risk of pregnancy-related health problems, and their children are less likely to be born with complications, according to a new study by UCLA and the RAND Corp.

Researchers found that women who underwent bariatric surgery and lost weight before becoming pregnant had a significantly lowe . . .

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