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By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People hoping for a liver transplant and who are obese face prolonged waiting times, reflecting a possible “reluctance to transplant obese patients,” according to a new report. “In transplantation, outcomes are available online to the general public, and compared from hospital to hospital,” Dr. Dorry L. Segev explained
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