Weight Loss May Help Prevent Multiple Myeloma (AUDIO)

Washington University in St. Louis

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Carrying extra weight increases a person's risk that a benign blood disorder will develop into multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. This is particularly true for older, African-American men.

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Jim Dryden/Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

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