Breast implants linked with suicide: study

by Victoria Revay | August 9, 2007 at 04:38 am
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According to a study by the Vanderbilt University Medical Center wome who get breast implants are three times as likely to commit suicide as other women. This follows several other studies that have shown a higher suicide risk for women with beast enlargements. Researchers emphasize that many women who get implants may have psychiatric problems to start with already perhaps issues linked to self esteem or body image disorders.
Women with breast implants also had a tripled risk of death from alcohol and drug use.
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at 08:40 on August 9th, 2007

Ironically, greater physical assets lessens the number of men who will make you feel good about yourself.

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gryphon

Victoria, I was hoping you would have shared some personal insights...alas dissapointed again.

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m197203

I doubt there is any biological advantage for a woman who has larger breasts, assuming there's enough there to feed a baby.  I think most western men's preference for large breasts is largely a product of social conditioning.  My wife has larger ones, but still our baby ended up on a bottle after about 7 months because she just wasn't getting fed enough.

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